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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
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Date: 23 Apr 91 17:41:22 GMT
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In article <x#9Gwj4w1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>Sorry, I've compiled several large programs and the NeXT is about as
>fast as the 1+.  It might even be faster.  It's fast enough that I'm
>doing my project on it instead of a SparcStation(not a 1+, though).

Sorry, but I've compiled quite a bit myself on both machines.  That 1+
must have been severely crippled in order to compile _anything_ close to
the speed of an 040 NeXT.  

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