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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: New SparcStation
Message-ID: <3065@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 19 Dec 90 14:47:30 GMT
References: <1990Dec13> <3300233@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <44137@mips.mips.COM> <11772@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
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In article <11772@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> rro@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (Rod Oldehoeft) writes:

| Here's a small gotcha.  The quoted performance numbers for a SPARC II
| (28.5 MIPS, 21 SPEC) are obtained by using the optional optimizing
| compiler, Sun C 1.1,  instead of the bundled compiler.  Cute.

  Is there some vendor who doesn't use the best compiler, largest cache,
etc, when running benchmarks? As long as the conditions of test are
given I don't have a problem with it.

  If some hardware or software not available to the public is used, or
is used and not disclosed, then I think there's reason to complain.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.