[Info-vax] VUPS.COM relevance for modern CPUs

[John Dallman]

In article <tnso46$1910$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, chris-nospam at tridac.net (chris)
wrote:

> All the conditions are published, including compiler flags,
> which compiler and more. Must be more accurate than a home
> grown ad hoc test which ignores so many variables that could
> influence the results.
> 
> If you want to measure something, use the best and most
> accurate tools available...

That depends what you are measuring, which depends what you're interested
in. If you're buying a machine to run some regular processing, in a
specific environment, then getting a sample one and running the workload
in your environment gives you a way of finding out if it's fast enough
without a lot of analysis. 

Most customers don't have the ability to do the analysis themselves, and
getting a consultant who will do it properly is hard (and expensive).
Many consultants find it easier to just re-edit their last paper to give
a conclusion that's based on what how much hardware they think they can
sell. 

John