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From: steves@ncr-sd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Where did the name "Dhrystone" come from?
Message-ID: <1333@ncr-sd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 17:25:18 EST
Article-I.D.: ncr-sd.1333
Posted: Wed Feb 11 17:25:18 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Feb-87 19:05:33 EST
References: <784@cullvax.UUCP> <299@ames.UUCP>
Reply-To: steves@ncr-sd.UUCP (0000-Steve Schlesinger)
Organization: NCR Corporation, San Diego
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Keywords: Whetstones


In article <299@ames.UUCP> eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene Miya N.) writes:
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>Dhrystone is simply a weak pun on Whetstone just as
>Where did Whetstone come from?

It was developed in a lab in Whetstone, England.