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From: gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu (Graeme Williams)
Subject: Re: ARM-3 benchmarks
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Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 19:22:21 GMT
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In article <1991May13.145154.21732@maths.bath.ac.uk> jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk (John ffitch) writes:
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>If you use the Norcroft C compiler on the SPARC you get even better
>Dhrystone figures that gcc with optimisation.  The SUN compilers are
>really not very good.  Also with Norcroft you get real ANSI.

OK I have to ask this - how do prices for Suns and ARM3 machines compare??

Graeme Williams
gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu