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Re: Intel/MIPS Dhrystone ratio

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From: Hal Hardenbergh
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1989 17:27
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In article <15690@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes:
>anybody remember the newsletter DTACK Grounded ?
>>Yes, I do.  This is the newletter that printed the *WORST* (most inaccurate)
>>assesment of RISC that I have yet read.  However, I think it was a letter
>>from a reader, and so doesn't necessarily represent the newsletter's position.

That letter came in "over the transom," meaning it was not for attribution.
The writer worked for Big Blue at the time.

Uh, what did you think of Nick Tredennick's assessment of RISC in the Feb issue
of Microcomputer Report?  Was that the _second_ most inaccurate assessment of
RISC that you have yet read?
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From: hal@vicom.COM (Hal Hardenbergh)
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Subject: Re: Intel/MIPS Dhrystone ratio
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Date: 13 Mar 89 17:27:16 GMT
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