Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!motcid!mostek From: mostek@motcid.UUCP (Frank B. Mostek) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: C Cost Model Summary: An article on an elementary C cost model Keywords: Elementary C Cost Model Message-ID: <5778@beryl12.UUCP> Date: 8 Feb 91 17:09:46 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL Lines: 12 There is an excellent article (An Elementary C Cost Model by Bentley, Kernighan, and Vanwyk) in the February issue (Vol.9 No. 2) of Unix Review that supposedly will enable the reader to run an experiment on his/her machine which would estimate the cost of a given operation to within 25 percent. Happy reading! -- ************************************************************ Frank Mostek uunet!motcid!amethyst!mostek Motorola Inc. (708)632-7191 ************************************************************