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
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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.  ]