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From: GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA (Gern)
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Subject: Z-100 vs IBM-AT Challenge Update
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 09:34:51 EDT
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I propose that the perfect benchmark for computational throughput
be a prime numbers between 0 and something large (say 100K or 1M) program
written in MS-FORTRAN under PC/Z/MS-DOS.    I will even agree to using
either IBM's MS-FORTRAN compiler or the *.OBJ or better yet *.EXE
directly from the AT.

At college a long time ago (4 years...) my associates and I had The Great
Prime Numbers race on the college's IBM VM-370 4341 to prove which of
our favorite languages was faster.   They all were compiled languages.
BASIC won hands down over FORTRAN and Pascal..

Come on all you IBM-AT owners, any takers???

Cheers,
Gern
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