Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!newstop!sun!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: Risc System/6000 Message-ID: Date: 22 Feb 90 02:05:59 GMT References: <1514@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> <4115@ibmpa.UUCP> <10307@hoptoad.uucp> <1559@awdprime.UUCP> <1990Feb21.012432.22401@ico.isc.com> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 25 In-reply-to: rcd@ico.isc.com's message of 21 Feb 90 01:24:32 GMT In article <1990Feb21.012432.22401@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes: ... Then there's the business of reporting Dhrystone 1.1 numbers. That's just a disgrace. .... Far be it from me to defend IBM; but dhrystone 1.1 is what many of the chip houses still use for quoting. Thus many marketing departments feel obligated to use it. Also, the kinder gentler compiler groups carefully detune the optimizer to make the benchmark not disappear. IBM was quite good about reporting SPEC numbers, and complete postings of such can be found in comp.arch. cheers 'all -- Keith H. Bierman |*My thoughts are my own. !! kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM It's Not My Fault | MTS --Only my work belongs to Sun* kbierman%eng@sun.com I Voted for Bill & | Advanced Languages/Floating Point Group Opus | "When the going gets Weird .. the Weird turn PRO" "There is NO defense against the attack of the KILLER MICROS!" Eugene Brooks