Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!amdahl!mat From: mat@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Mike Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Dhrystone 2.1 Keywords: integer benchmark Message-ID: <98Yqp454S51010/97mM@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Date: 14 Jul 88 23:29:54 GMT References: <517@pcrat.UUCP> <2294@sugar.UUCP> <391@attila.weitek.UUCP> <11802@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 11 In article <11802@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, eugene@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov.arpa (Eugene N. Miya) writes: > Prediction is held in high esteem. I would like to see more > prediction tools. But prediction requires the scientific method. That's not so much fun as myth and dogma. Everybody knows that computer performance is only susceptible to religious discussions of the meaning of MIPS. -- Mike Taylor ...!{hplabs,amdcad,sun}!amdahl!mat [ This may not reflect my opinion, let alone anyone else's. ]