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From: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,rec.humor
Subject: Re: rhealstone
Keywords: real-time benchmark, yabadabadoo!
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Date: 21 Feb 89 19:26:08 GMT
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In article <5681@pdn.nm.paradyne.com> alan@pdn.nm.paradyne.com (0000-Alan Lovejoy) writes:
>It seems that *h*stone has become a standard infix/prefix for naming
>computer benchmarks.  It might be interesting to collect a list of
>all the benchmarks whose names have this form, and to entertain
>suggestions for new, perhaps whimsical, benchmark names that would
>use this infix/prefix.
>
>Suggestions for Stoned Benchmarks:
>
>An animation benchmark might be called the "Flhintstone" :-).

     I think this is a great idea!  Let it be known, years from now, when
everyone wonders where the name originated, that it was right here in
comp.arch, courtesy of Mr. Lovejoy.

Chuck Musciano
Advanced Technology Department
Harris Corporation
(407) 727-6131
ARPA: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com