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From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Where did the name "Dhrystone" come from?
Message-ID: <7128@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 14:51:07 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 11 14:51:07 1987
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Summary: It's a joke, son.

In article <784@cullvax.UUCP>, drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
> I can't figure out any plausable explanation.
> 
> Dale

The "Whetstone" benchmark tests, primarily, floating-point operations.
What would you call something that does the opposite (fixed pt only) ?
What else?

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Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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