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Article #10420Re: SPARC implementation or architecture
From: Donald Lewine
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 14:01
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 14:01
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In article <2500@spim.mips.COM>, mash@mips.com (John Mashey) writes:
|>
[5 pages of comparison of Sun compilers and MIPS compilers
deleted.]
|> However, the major conclusion: that the two are indistinguishable,
|> is wrong, if you think 10% is distinguishable...
|> --
|> -john mashey DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc>
The last sentence is the point! MIPS marketing (at least as retold
by DEC) is that the MIPS compiler technology provides a *HUGE*
advantage over other RISC architectures. If the difference is
+/- 10%, that is a whole different story.
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