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- From: john@iastate.edu (John Hascall)
- Subject: Re: DEC Alpha AXP System INTEGER Performance
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- References: <1710@niktow.canisius.edu> <1992Nov16.231949.1214@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <1992Nov18.180357.3105@sparky.imd.sterling.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:11:39 GMT
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- yankus@IMD.Sterling.COM (Mike Yankus) writes:
- }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, ...
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- }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.
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- Don't forget that the days of byte-sized `characters' are numbered...
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- John
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