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From: sid@linus.UUCP (Sid Stuart)
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Subject: Re: assembly v.s. HOL
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 21:35:52 EDT
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Summary: 

>Other comments I've gotten by mail indicate that some folks also
>question the VAX's "call" & "return" speed compared with a TS-1000.

	Doug, I have seen benchmarks that show a Motorola 68010 running
at 10 megahertz doing ackerman's function at about twice the speed of
a 780. Programs on both machines were written in C. I would still prefer
to have a 780 over a 68010 or even a Z80 if all other things (cost) were equal.
I do not believe ackerman's function to be a reasonable benchmark for testing
anything other than timing on a jump to a subroutine. 

						sid stuart