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From: mat@amdahl.UUCP (Mike Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Re: assembly v.s. HOL
Message-ID: <1440@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 00:09:18 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 00:09:18 1985
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> 
> So, moving up from a Z-80A to a VAX 11/750, the program only takes 3.3
> times as long when coded in C.  Or looked at another way, the overhead
> of using C code can bring a VAX down below the performance level of a
> Timex/Sinclair 1000.
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug

This, of course, presumes that the VAX is basically faster than a Z-80A
for short integer arithmetic.  Why not compare apples to apples ?
-- 
Mike Taylor                        ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!mat

[ This may not reflect my opinion, let alone anyone else's.  ]