Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!ames!eugene From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: 64-bit micros Message-ID: <721@ames.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 14:41:54 EST Article-I.D.: ames.721 Posted: Mon Dec 24 14:41:54 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 02:10:13 EST Distribution: net Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 16 Re: Is 64-bits enough? Well, it's nice to see some life on this discussion in this group. If any of you are ambitious enough to build such a beast, I would be willing to run programs on it. On the subject of benchmarks and 'figures of merit': It is unfortunate what uninformed management does to take and warp the results of benchmark tests. Benchmarks can be quite useful. Now lets see, our Cray costs $15 million times....... :-) --eugene miya NASA Ames Research Center {hplabs,ihnp4,dual,hao,vortex}!ames!aurora!eugene emiya@ames-vmsb.ARPA