Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!cmcl2!lanl!beta!dwf From: dwf@hope.lanl.gov (David W. Forslund) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: More issues of benchmarking Message-ID: Date: 30 Nov 90 14:37:03 GMT References: <19040001@orac.HP.COM> <4344@awdprime.UUCP> <9516@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <513@mephisto.edu> <515@mephisto.edu> <1990Nov30.132116.13462@cs.utk.edu> Sender: news@lanl.gov Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 16 In-reply-to: de5@ornl.gov's message of 30 Nov 90 13:21:16 GMT >Wasting more bandwidth on a trivial benchmark. > > echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc Sparcstation 2GX: 7.0 sec user time. -- David Forslund Advanced Computing Laboratory MS B287 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 Voice:(505) 665-1907 FAX: (505) 665-4939 EMAIL: dwf@lanl.gov