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Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
Date: Friday, 14 Jun 1991 11:55:30 EST
From: Noel Maddy <YTHNMADD@MTUS5.BITNET>
Message-ID: <91165.115530YTHNMADD@MTUS5.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Comparison of HP and Sun
References:  <1991Jun4.164957.10585@hellgate.utah.edu>

In article <1991Jun4.164957.10585@hellgate.utah.edu>,
knechod%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kevin Nechodom) says:
>
..
>I anticipate mostly database (don't know what yet) and stats (probably SAS)
>applications.  I have been told that Sparc floating point is abysmal, but that
>DB and stats are mostly I/O intensive, and Sun is better than HP for I/O.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Actually, I believe SAS (and probably most other stat packages??) always
uses floating point internally, even if the number is an integer.  This would
make floating-point performance a larger criterion.

..
>
>Kevin Nechodom
>University of Utah
>CSSRD/STACC
>(801) 581-6410
>nechodom@cc.utah.edu
>Disclaimer I:   I know nothing about my ideas.
>Disclaimer II:  The University knows nothing about my ideas.
>ergo:           I and the University are one.
--
Noel Maddy                  ythnmadd@mtus5.bitnet