Xref: utzoo comp.arch:7487 comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt:219 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!vsi!friedl From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Why the original RT seemed/was slow (was ...) Summary: Anti-tank weapons Message-ID: <962@vsi.COM> Date: 5 Dec 88 16:11:08 GMT References: <5046@polya.Stanford.EDU> <1287@auschs.UUCP> <1309@auschs.UUCP> <628@pcrat.UUCP> Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 17 In article <628@pcrat.UUCP>, rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes: < [...] < Which makes them pretty much useless as an indication < of anything other than that the optimizer people have been < at work. < < Dhrystone 2.1 is not as easily fooled by optimizers. How < about posting some 2.1 numbers for the record? This looks like the traditional battle between the people who make tank armor and those who make anti-tank weapons... -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl Nancy Reagan on my new '89 Mustang GT Convertible: "Just say WOW!"