Newsgroups: comp.arch
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: CISCy RISC? RISCy CISC?
Message-ID: <1988Oct24.182445.17910@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <973@naucse.UUCP> <10192@cup.portal.com> <1293@edge.UUCP> <10358@cup.portal.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 88 18:24:45 GMT

In article <10358@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes:
>Yes, it depends on the definition of mainframe.  It could be argued that,
>for some types of computations (dhrystones?  :-), single-board computers
>exist that are faster than mainframes.

A couple of years ago, some irreverent soul pointed out that the Atari ST
does more dhrystones per dollar than any other machine on the market --
far more than the Crays, for example.
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