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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Benchmark names: origins
Message-ID: <1087@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 88 22:21:43 GMT
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In article <30528@linus.UUCP>, jde@mitre-bedford.ARPA (John D. Eikenberry) writes:
> [stuff about wanting info on benchmarks, and names some, among them:]
>     Dhampstones
>     Dhrystones
>     Whetstones

Presumably the Dhrystone name arose when someone with a twisted mind
saw "Whetstone" as "Wetstone" with an 'h' inserted.  Dhampstone is then
an obvious derivative.

But where did the Whetstone name come from, or rather, how did it get
attached to a benchmark?

Since this has little, if anything, to do with computer architecture,
I'm redirecting followups to comp.misc.

					der Mouse

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