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From: richw@rosevax.Rosemount.COM (Rich Wagenknecht)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Dhrystones
Message-ID: <3368@rosevax.Rosemount.COM>
Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 16:54:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  2 16:54:54 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 10:17:00 EST
Organization: Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
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Keywords: C, performance

Could somemone tell me what a 'Dhrystone' (<-sp.?) is?
Why is it used so often to evaluate compiler performance?
Is it a good overall indicator of compiler peformance?

Thanks in advance,
Rich W.