Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Alex P. Novickis
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:30

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In article <adtDKw1ry.DGG@netcom.com>, adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) 
writes:
> karl unterkofler wrote: 
> > A simple test with Mathematica: 
> > 
> > Timing[N[Sin[1/2],2500]][[1]] 
> > 
> >      PowerMac 8500/120, 16M RAM:             1.43 Second Dell 
> >      Dimension XPS P120c, 16Mb, 512K:   4.27 Second 
> > 
> > Timing[10001!][[1]] 
> > 
> >      PowerMac 8500/120, 16M RAM:             2.32 Second Dell 
> >      Dimension XPS P120c, 16Mb, 512K:   4.31 Second 
>  
> Which could be telling us more about Mathmatica's implementation and 
> the compilers used to build Mathematica than the hardware Mathematica 
> is being run on. Just something to consider. Using a 
> commercial application to evaluate hardware is tricky. If you pick 
> the right application you can "prove" nearly anything. In this 
> specific case I think the general idea that the PPC system is faster 
> for purely computational code is correct. 
>  
> Tony 
>  
> -- 
> ------------------ 
> Tony Tribelli 
> adtribelli@acm.org 



So... What, now you are saying the compilers on PC's suck ???

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