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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Dhrystone Benchmark
Message-ID: <26600007@ccvaxa>
Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 09:42:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 09:42:00 1985
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> The Dhrystone Benchmark is a program designed to exercise a wide range
> of processor and compiler characteristics with the object of providing
> a measure of relative machine performance.  Unfortunately one cannot be
> certain when comparing results that the comparison is fair. The Amiga C
> compiler for instance uses a 64 bit floating point arithmetic package
> whereas others may use only 32 ore even 16.  /* Written  9:07 pm  Nov
> 8, 1985 by mjg@ecsvax.UUCP in ccvaxa:net.micro.amiga */
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This complaint of unfairness would be a lot more meaningful if
the dhrystone benchmark used floating point.  It doesn't.

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scott preece
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