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From: phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Mac //x compile times under A/UX
Message-ID: <27231@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Mar 89 23:09:33 GMT
References: <867@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
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Organization: Apple Computer A/UX Group
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In article <867@Portia.Stanford.EDU> cracker@Portia.Stanford.EDU (John Danner) writes:
>Here is a chart of compile times for several machines in our lab
>for approximately 1820 lines of C source with comments:
>Sun3/60   Sun4/260   Apollo DN4500   Mac IIx(8 megs)
>45 s         27s         38s            3min 11s
>.........  Are we doing something wrong?  Has anyone else noticed this?


Well, yes (doing something wrong). You are comparing apples and oranges.
Unless you are running the exact same C compilers on each machine, then you
have a large part of the benchmark measuring compiler speed, not machine
speed. For example, on a Mac II, I'm compiling over 2000 lines of C in 22
seconds -- but using LSC under Mac OS. However, it only takes 1m23s under
A/UX. I don't know why you are taking 3mins+

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