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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Benchmarks (was Re: Read the fine print!)
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Date: 24 Sep 90 15:40:58 GMT
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sfrank@orion.oac.uci.edu (Steven Frank) writes:

>Are Dhrystone and Linpack benchmarks available??  Ideally, the same
>benchmark versions as used in Personal Workstation, to allow comparison
>with other systems included in their tables of benchmarks.

	Sigh! It seems the Magic Number Syndrome is alive and well in
the Workstation world. The state of benchmarking in the UNIX world, while
still woefully inadequate, has at least advanced beyond such primitive
measurements. [For a real-world example of how one benchmark suite can
challenge another, see UnixWorld's "Big Blue's RS/6000 Isn't White Lightning"
(Sept., 1990)].
							shwake@rsxtech