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Article #2820Re: alpha memory requirements (vs vax) ?
From: Clarence Dold
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 18:42
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 18:42
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From article <1992Nov6.172941.28490@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, by dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Dwight D. Moore):
> In article <1992Nov5.113540.1@uwovax.uwo.ca>, brent@uwovax.uwo.ca (Brent Sterner) writes:
> |>DEC has a non-debugging system they could use.) Is there a rule of thumb
> |>typical programs ("alpha memory needs"/"vax memory needs" ~= "constant")?
I am not a VAX-ophile, but the experience in moving code from a Motorola
68040 to the Motorloa 88100 RISC set shows a substantial change in the
requirement for disk space for executables, as well as run-time memory.
I recall a comparison of ~20% for like code.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ames!olivea!gossip.pyramid.com!pyramid!ctnews!mitisft!dold From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: alpha memory requirements (vs vax) ? Message-ID: <2973@mitisft.Convergent.COM> Date: 8 Nov 92 18:42:56 GMT References: <1992Nov6.172941.28490@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> Followup-To: comp.sys.dec Organization: Unisys Unix Systems Group, San Jose, CA Lines: 15