Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!ems!rosevax!richw 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 Article-I.D.: rosevax.3368 Posted: Wed Dec 2 16:54:54 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 10:17:00 EST Organization: Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN Lines: 6 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.