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Subject: Re: RISC and MIPS
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 11:03:53 EDT
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Another metric is a sampling of large, mostly unmodifiable, commercial
codes.  My preference is MSC/Nastran (.5e6+lines of finite element code).
It runs on a surprising number of machines, and is a rigorous test of not
only performance (cpu and io) but the scientific/engineering environment
available to the average user.  It helps draw the line between special
purpose and general purpose environments (or, less tactfully, usable
and unusable machines)..                         george spix    gas@lanl
(MSC - MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation, Los Angeles)