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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
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Subject: Re: Mips / MHz
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Date: Mon, 19-May-86 19:24:08 EDT
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In article <332@ur-tut.UUCP> tuba@ur-tut.UUCP (Jon Krueger) writes:
>My guess is that a "fundamental unit of information
>processing work" will end up just as relative to an abstract machine as
>Dhrystone is relative to its particular mix of integer, looping, and
>subroutine calling.  Of course, measuring performance of your own
>application beats either, and either beats MIPS.

Of course, what you really want to measure is the performance of your
application on the system after you have spent a few man-months optimizing
for the environment.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108