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From: shri@ncst.ernet.in (H.Shrikumar)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: expanded bc results
Summary: The slow one now will later be fast, the times they are a-changing!
Message-ID: <1183@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>
Date: 14 Dec 90 09:10:22 GMT
References: <1990Dec11.145500.6650@cs.utk.edu>
Reply-To: shri@ncst.ernet.in (H.Shrikumar )
Organization: National Centre for Software Technology, Bombay, INDIA
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In article <1990Dec11.145500.6650@cs.utk.edu> Dave Sill <de5@ornl.gov> writes:

>        echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc

>SYSTEM                     REAL/USER/SYS      REPORTER
>------                     -------------      --------
>Amdahl 5870 (UTS)         17.6/4.3/           xxdon@monet.lerc.nasa.gov
>IBM RS/6000 320            4.4/4.3/0.0        de5@ornl.gov

   Aha, so is the Amdahl fast or slow ? 
   If SPECmarks are multiple numbers, then what are these !! :-)

>Cray X-MP 4/8             20.7/7.8/           xxdon@monet.lerc.nasa.gov

   Now I know why I did not buy a Cray (assuming export clearance :-)
my own little 6803 at home would beat that! :-)

>Sun 4/370                 12.3/11.2/0.3       casper@fwi.uva.nl

   What does that mean, the Sun is a great OS as it has very little
overbyte ? :-)

Someone has figures for a Mess-DOS PC ? :-)

   enuff, this goes into my kill file.

-- shrikumar ( shri@ncst.in )

   "The slow one now will later be fast, the times they are a-changing!"