Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Mathematica Benchmarks (NeXT vs. DEC and Mac) Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 91 11:58:45 GMT References: <1991Jan3.214940.1@linus.claremont.edu> <1991Jan8.015250.20628@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Sender: news@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 9 In-Reply-To: madler@pooh.caltech.edu's message of 8 Jan 91 01:52:50 GMT Mark Adler (madler@piglet.caltech.edu) writes: [in response to some drivel about how real programs are useless benchmarks] >Therefore, if you use Mathematica most of the time, then Mathematica is >the perfect benchmark program. Bar none. In fact, the very problems Lee >uses to argue that Mathematica is no good as a general purpose benchmark, >illustrate how useless the general purpose benchmarks are at telling you >how your program will run (if your program is Mathematica, in this case) RIGHT! RIGHT! RIGHT! RIGHT! -- __________________Prof. William V. Smith____________________ EMail: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw SMail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) NeXTmail: smithw@mathnx.math.byu.edu Phone: +1 801 378 2061 FAX: +1 801 378 2800