Re: UseMarks -- our own benchmarks

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From: Stephen Knilans
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 21:23

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In article <4jh7qt$e1s@nuke.csu.net> ghansen@isc.sjsu.edu (Gregory L Hansen) writes:
>In article <4jfs0h$mer@daily-planet.nodak.edu>,
>Nathanael J Henderson <nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu> wrote:
>>Gregory L Hansen (ghansen@isc.sjsu.edu) wrote:
>>
>>: Instead of arguing about which platform is faster,  let's prove it with
>>: our own benchmarks, the UseMarks.  We'll publish standardized programs
>>[...]
>>
>>   You *couldn't* have posted this with a strait face!  :-)  To think 
>>that ONE loop using only a handful of operations is anything aproaching a 
>>credible benchmark!  :-)
>
>Maybe I should have mentioned this before, but I want to make sure 
>everyone understands I am anything but a professional programmer.  I'm a 
>rank amateur.  I wouldn't know a good benchmarck if it spat out of my 
>printer.
>
Actually, it is a VERY good benchmark for FLOATING POINT!  Most people have said
THAT is where the PPC shines.  Given that, you did well.

Steve

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