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From: eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene Miya N.)
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Subject: Re: Sampling (was What should be in hardware but isn't)
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Date: Sat, 26-Sep-87 00:41:07 EDT
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In article <704@winchester.UUCP> mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey) writes:
>1) Pick a REPRESENTATIVE set of benchmarks.
> . . .
>Data, not anecdots.
>-john mashey	DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc>

John, please do tell us how you feel this should be done.  Joanne's
IEEE paper also says this (job mix), but when you get down to it, this
is a stocastic process.  I have my opinions, she has hers, and you have
yours.  What's representative? ;-)

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--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
  eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
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