Re: alpha memory requirements (vs vax) ?

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From: Clarence Dold
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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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
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Subject: Re: alpha memory requirements (vs vax) ?
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Date: 8 Nov 92 18:42:56 GMT
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