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From: alan@pdn.UUCP (Alan Lovejoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k,comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Forth Inc 68020/80386 benchmark.
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Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 10:56:05 EST
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In article <601@pembina.UUCP> cdshaw@pembina.UUCP (Chris Shaw) writes:
>The only point of an expert-generated assembler benchmark is to win beer in
>bar bets.

Not true.  

Your analysis considers the problem statically, but the situation is
dynamic.  New compilers and other software, and upgrades thereto, are
constantly appearing.  A hand-optimized assembly benchmark tells you
the limit that will be approached by the code generators (human or
program) as time passes.

--alan@pdn