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From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: ST vs Amiga, and please quit this silly ranting
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Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 18:43:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 18:43:39 1985
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> Mr Freed:
> 
>    Have your really ignored the half dozen postings to this list explaining
> that the poor drystone performace on the Amiga is more due to bad compiler
> output?  I think the 1000 ballpark figure (from another compiler) is
> about what you'd expect in relation to the ST given the Amiga's slower
> clock and no explanation of cycle stealing is needed.
> 
>    Plea to the rest of the net:  We've all seen dismal numbers for a drystone
> benchmark run with Lattice C for the Amiga.  We've also seen more impressive
> numbers from a better compiler.  Could we all please get off this stupid
> benchmark war?  
>    --------

First of all, this is pretty close to a flame and should have been a Email 
message, Second the timing of articles on the west coast can be quite a bit 
different than on the East coast. When I asked this question, there was, as
far as I know, no explanation for the difference in benchmarks. There is, as
far as I know, still nothing other than assumptions that the reason is the
compiler, other than one helpful message that there is a presently unreleased
compiler which puts to rest the discussion. I think that it is important to 
realize that this is a discussion not a war. If anyone could mail me the
article that shows the Amiga equaling the ST in the drystone I would be very
interested. I do not care whether the Amiga or the ST runs the benchmark
faster. It is only interesting to figure out why they aren't relatively equal
as they logically should be. And to the poster of this rebuke; I would 
appreciate a little more maturity in this whole matter. I read every article
that I receive at my site regarding both the ST and Amiga. I honestly did not
see an answer to my question *IF THERE WAS ONE*. I have no bone to pick with 
people who have decided to buy a Amiga. I simply like what the ST has to offer 
for my needs. I wouldn't throw either off my desk.
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                           Erik James Freed
			   Aurora Systems
			   San Francisco, CA
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