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- From: yankus@IMD.Sterling.COM (Mike Yankus)
- Subject: Re: DEC Alpha AXP System INTEGER Performance
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.180357.3105@sparky.imd.sterling.com>
- Sender: Mike Yankus, PRC Inc.
- Organization: Sterling Software, IMD
- References: <jdd.721687838@cdf.toronto.edu> <1710@niktow.canisius.edu> <1992Nov16.231949.1214@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:03:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.231949.1214@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Blair.Phillips@cao.mts.dec.com writes:
- >
- > ...
- >Most real programs will use the runtime libraries for string manipulation, and
- >anyone serious about speed won't access single bytes very often, even on a VAX,
- >so trading off the byte access against cycle time is beneficial in almost all
- >cases except artificial benchmarks (e.g. Dhrystone).
-
- You are forgetting about a large volume of programs which mainly do
- nothing but character manipulation. These include editors, compilers,
- mail handling, and the very programs which do the posting and reading
- of News. I would consider a machine which does not have efficient
- character handling capability a step backwards of about 30 years.
- Is this really the case with the Alpha?
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