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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: In the cause of Science .....
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 11:29:00 EST
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> I should point out that the original 450 on the amiga was using the
> regular Lattice Compiler which uses 64 bit floating point arithemetic I
> believe. If I get time I will try it using the 32 bit routines in the
> Rom kernel. However these comparisons should be taken with a pinch of
> salt as it is compiler dependant - for all we know the Atari number
> could be for 16 bit integers.  /* Written 11:10 am  Nov  8, 1985 by
> mjg@ecsvax.UUCP in ccvaxa:net.micro.amiga */
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The dhrystone benchmark does not use floating point, so the floating
point in the Lattice compiler shouldn't be relevant.

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scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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