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engel@vms.huji.ac.il writes:
: Hello,
: Do you have rules for efficient programming in FORTRAN
: (or suggestions for reading appropriate books)
: so that there is no excessive or unnecessary CPU? If so,
: could you send them to me?
: Thanks,
: Micky Engel
: (e-address: engel@hujivms.bitnet OR engel@shum.cc.huji.ac.il)

Interesting that you should bring that up...  I'm just putting the 
finishing touches on a book about architectures, benchmarking and 
tuning for publisher O'Reilly and Associates.  The book explains 
how various RISC processors get their speed, and how to tweak 
application code so that it "plays to" the processor and, perhaps 
more importantly, the memory system.  It also explains how optimizing
compilers work, how to profile programs and interpret the results, 
and how to structure benchmarks.  To round things out, there is 
material about distributed and shared memory parallel computers--
what they are and how you program them.  

I think that you will find the book valuable if you are curious about 
computer performance, if you need to understand benchmarks for 
purchase decisions, or if you are looking for more performance from 
a machine you already own.  We've worked hard to make it both 
informative and enjoyable reading.  We hope you will like it.  
I'm sorry that it's not available yet, but it will be out in the 
not too distant future.

-Kevin
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