Path: utzoo!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-rsc!crick
From: crick@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Bill Crick)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: meaning of MIPS
Keywords: useless
Message-ID: <710@bnr-rsc.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 88 14:40:58 GMT
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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To the fellow who was wondering what MIPS ratings (not the company!
I commend them on well done complete performance publications!)
 are good for, I suggest you think of MIPS as Marketing Instructions
 Per Second.

Bill Crick
Computo, Ergo Sum! (V Pbzchgr, Gurersber, V Nz!)