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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: Scientific Computing and mips <sorry, obscenely long>
Message-ID: <771@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 11:41:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.771
Posted: Wed Oct  2 11:41:23 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 7-Oct-85 03:24:14 EDT
References: <419@kontron.UUCP> <2300001@uicsl> <1093@ames.UUCP> <1119@ames.UUCP> <256@ccivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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Summary: 

In article <256@ccivax.UUCP> rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) writes:
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>The theoretical ideal ratio between implementing a 'Macro Expansion' and a
>'structured call' should theoretically be 0;
>
	I believe you mean *1* not 0. Zero would mean that either a
'Macro Expansion' has *no* cost or a 'Structured Call' has an
*infinite* cost! A *ratio* is a *division*, thus no cost difference
would be a/a = 1.
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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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