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In article <1992Nov12.101520.2828@crl.dec.com> jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) writes:
>In article <martin.721554717@bert>, martin@math.rwth-aachen.de (  Martin Schoenert) writes:
>> [specs for US models]
>> 
>> In front of me I have  Digital Equiment Germany's announcement of the new
>> systems for  ``Forschung und Lehre'' (research and education).   For  one
>> thing it doesn't mention the first  three  models at  all.  Also it gives
>> the following numbers
>> 
>> [specs for German models]
>> 
>> Any idea why the numbers are smaller?  (Is it  because we are ``Forschung
>> und Lehre'', or is it because we are in Germany, or what? ;-)
>
>The reason is simple: folks were working on the compilers and remeasuring SPEC results
>up until the last possible moment before annoucement.  Some earlier results
>seem to have slipped through the cracks.  Of course, we continue to work
>on the compilers, and yet better results can be expected in the future :-).
>Significant improvements were made in even the last week (and weekend) before 
>annoucement.

Nah, the real reason is that European computers run 16% slower because
European power arrives at 50 Hz, as opposed to 60 Hz over here.