Sure, in one type of benchmark it would be useful to have the most common compiler used. In one that you wanted to show the full capabilities of the chip, though, it makes sense to use the best of breed compiler to run the tests.
I probably misspoke when I used the word "better". Using the chipmaker's compiler makes for a different type of benchmark, one that it is well suited for. However using the GNU compiler (as an example of an Open Source compiler) to run benchmarks doesn't really measure anything substantial that another test like your own (using the most common compiler) takes care of handily.
I think if you want real-world performance marks, it makes sense to use real-world apps. If you want to know how much power you can squeeze out of a chip, though, you ought to go to the source and get compilers that are designed to squeeze that power out.
The P4 has that long pipeline that allows it to speed up quite a bit, so long as the branch prediction doesn't blow it. As compilers become tuned to exploit this, it's plausible that the Athlon's performance is going to lag quite a bit more than it already does. That there is some benchmark out there that is specifically designed to show off this strength of the P4 is no real surprise to anyone, is it?
Heck, this is what Sun was doing a few years back. It's almost an industry standard to have your own "benchmark lab" on the payroll.
Besides, AMD has always been the value chip company. You can't expect them to keep up with Intel forever.
Apparently they take away mod points as quick as they give them. My horse is dead post has been modded -1 Overrated because it dared to dream the impossible dream of Score:2 Insightful.
Microsoft Platform Builder is a pretty good tool for configuring and building a Windows CE customized OS. It seems that CompactBSD's CLI environment is really a huge backstep in platform configuration tools.
Leaving aside any arguments about BSD and WinCE, of course.
I think your outrage is misplaced. There is nothing more onerous in this EULA revision than there is in their last revision. Sure there are changes, but they don't affect anyone who wasn't affected before.
The immediate pricking up of ears is wholly among paranoids and those who have something to hide (criminals). Most people who use the OS will not be affected by any supposed "features" that the story intimates.
Please flesh this out. I would love to see how you will take Microsoft's new EULA and derive gassing Jews from it.
I'm absolutely serious. If you can logically derive the outcome of gassing Jews (or your bad guy of choice) from this EULA change without making huge leaps in logic, I will seriously reconsider my position.
Thanks for keeping me honest. I was repeating something I had heard previously here on/. (yeah, take everything you read here with a grain of salt). Linux is still released under an unmodified GPL as far as Google knows.
Haruki Murakami is my flavor of the summer. Grave of the Fireflies is a good choice if you're into scarring.
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I knew I misphrased that as soon as I hit submit. This is an advancement in algorithms (hardware-based in this case), rather than any special functionality of an OS.
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Not if the pieces aren't compiled into the kernel.
Grandfather clause
OTOH, if they can't interface with the new formats, they will be as useless as your dad's collection of Slim Whitman 8-tracks.
Wonder how long until the receiver get slashdotted.
Honey, while you're getting me that beer, can you wiggle those rabbit ears a little? The cables gone out again.
*scratch*scratch*
Sure, in one type of benchmark it would be useful to have the most common compiler used. In one that you wanted to show the full capabilities of the chip, though, it makes sense to use the best of breed compiler to run the tests.
I probably misspoke when I used the word "better". Using the chipmaker's compiler makes for a different type of benchmark, one that it is well suited for. However using the GNU compiler (as an example of an Open Source compiler) to run benchmarks doesn't really measure anything substantial that another test like your own (using the most common compiler) takes care of handily.
Yes, filtering web access is just like raping and killing children... :-/
I think if you want real-world performance marks, it makes sense to use real-world apps. If you want to know how much power you can squeeze out of a chip, though, you ought to go to the source and get compilers that are designed to squeeze that power out.
Dudes, what's the deal with this ad?
Couldn't get a picture of Bozo or Marceau? Is the only clown pic you could come up with this one of John Wayne Gacy?
Wouldn't a better CPU benchmarks be taken by using the chipmakers' own compilers?
The P4 has that long pipeline that allows it to speed up quite a bit, so long as the branch prediction doesn't blow it. As compilers become tuned to exploit this, it's plausible that the Athlon's performance is going to lag quite a bit more than it already does. That there is some benchmark out there that is specifically designed to show off this strength of the P4 is no real surprise to anyone, is it?
Heck, this is what Sun was doing a few years back. It's almost an industry standard to have your own "benchmark lab" on the payroll.
Besides, AMD has always been the value chip company. You can't expect them to keep up with Intel forever.
This is a good idea. It seems to be like a huge cell phone network that won't have line overload problems during emergencies.
Finally, an open source project used for good.
Apparently they take away mod points as quick as they give them. My horse is dead post has been modded -1 Overrated because it dared to dream the impossible dream of Score:2 Insightful.
Please, stop beating it.
Don't hack the military unless you are a hostile foreign power, and even then it's not recommended.
More to the point, the customers of Wind River will be quite happy. Wind River isn't exactly known as a customer-friendly organization.
This doesn't seem to have such a huge effect on WR because their main product is VxWorks, not BSD.
Microsoft Platform Builder is a pretty good tool for configuring and building a Windows CE customized OS. It seems that CompactBSD's CLI environment is really a huge backstep in platform configuration tools.
Leaving aside any arguments about BSD and WinCE, of course.
I was thinking something a lot bushier and untrimmed.
IOW, Nothing to see here. Move along now.
How would they be able to differentiate one from another? Are you insinuating that MS is uploading all your files for perusal?
At some point the technology is just going to progress to the point that these silly hacks are not worth the time nor the money.
I think your outrage is misplaced. There is nothing more onerous in this EULA revision than there is in their last revision. Sure there are changes, but they don't affect anyone who wasn't affected before.
The immediate pricking up of ears is wholly among paranoids and those who have something to hide (criminals). Most people who use the OS will not be affected by any supposed "features" that the story intimates.
Please flesh this out. I would love to see how you will take Microsoft's new EULA and derive gassing Jews from it.
I'm absolutely serious. If you can logically derive the outcome of gassing Jews (or your bad guy of choice) from this EULA change without making huge leaps in logic, I will seriously reconsider my position.
Thanks for keeping me honest. I was repeating something I had heard previously here on /. (yeah, take everything you read here with a grain of salt). Linux is still released under an unmodified GPL as far as Google knows.
Haruki Murakami is my flavor of the summer. Grave of the Fireflies is a good choice if you're into scarring.
I knew I misphrased that as soon as I hit submit. This is an advancement in algorithms (hardware-based in this case), rather than any special functionality of an OS.