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From: mccaugh@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Numerical Programming in Common Lis
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Date: 13 Dec 87 09:24:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu!mccaugh    Dec 13 03:24:00 1987


 I was intrigued by your remark that your "number-crunching" runs 100 times
 slower on a SUN than on a Symbolics, and wa just curious to know if
 1) your SUN lacked a numeric co-processor assist;
 2) the Symbolics benefited from similar assists.

 -- Thank you.

 Scott (mccaugh@uiucmsl)