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From: aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: questionable nos.--SPARC vs. MI
Message-ID: <28200256@mcdurb>
Date: 5 Jan 89 00:59:00 GMT
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Nf-From: mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM!aglew    Jan  4 18:59:00 1989


>I don't know of any applications where one can't recompile to get the
>last 3% if it is really important.  Perhaps someone can give an
>example of one.  The requirements are simple - a 3% difference in
>runtime is very important AND you don't get to recompile before
>running the application on a different system.  (The deck is a bit
>stacked as there are very few applications where 3% matters.)
>
>-andy

Well, that bit about the 3% is unfair, but if you leave it at
"I don't know of any applications where one can't recompile..."
my immediate answer is "I (the customer) have a binary licence
for my favourite dbms|text processor|spreadsheet...".

Hell, even working for computer manufacturers binary licences
are a hassle!