Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Dhrystones Message-ID: <9613@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 21:30:57 EST Article-I.D.: mimsy.9613 Posted: Thu Dec 3 21:30:57 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 20:22:50 EST References: <3368@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> <5096@ccv.bbn.COM> <19425@amdcad.AMD.COM> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 12 Keywords: C, performance, useful In article <19425@amdcad.AMD.COM> tim@amdcad.AMD.COM (Tim Olson) writes: >... There exists quite a lot of "dead code" in Dhrystone >(expressions which aren't ever used) which good compilers can optimize >totally away. This isn't the case with real-world code. Are you sure? (Change that to `good real-world code' and I will agree; change it to `most real-world code' and I am still uncertain.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris