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Article #3221Re: Debate: BigMac LOGO benchmarks
From: Hache de Quelok
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:11
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:11
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INDUSTRY NEWS Ample Computer Co. announced that recent, independent tests confirm its BigMac computers run "Turtle LOGO" programs at least 42.3456 % faster than computers based on the Inlet Whopper chip. The BigMac was able to complete the standard "draw a circle, draw a house, fill, go home and clear screen" benchmark at an astounding rate of 10 tps (turtles per second). Inlet Corporation representatives pointed out, however, that the LOGO benchmark is flawed, since it depends heavily on the skill of the operator. Ample uses students from Altadena High as operators, whereas the benchmark specifies students from Encino Elementary. An Ample spokesperson claimed the difference was immaterial, and the decision to use high school students reflects "real world conditions in modern high schools." In a related story, Inlet apologized to an angry Gary Kasparov, who was recently beaten at championship Solitaire by the Inlet "Big Box 'O Chips" computer. It was disclosed Tuesday that the Inlet computer omitted 10% of the cards, making it impossible for Kasparov to win. "They weren't really important cards" said an unidentified Inlet spokesman, "just a Jack, a 4, and two 1's."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sloth.swcp.com!usenet From: Hache de Quelok <hwstock@swcp.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Debate: BigMac LOGO benchmarks Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 17:11:18 -0700 Organization: Southwest Cyberport Message-ID: <31227A26.9A@swcp.com> References: <nevin-0602962253080001@150.135.1.79> <4fea7g$eio@nyx.cs.du.edu> <9602092127.AA24456@ues5.cern.ch> <bouldin-1102962015030001@async098.nist.gov> <4ft3ld$otf@nuke.csu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp65.swcp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I)