Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:52:03 10/18/97
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On October 18, 1997 at 00:39:50, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On October 17, 1997 at 18:23:47, Amir Ban wrote: > >>Some may be limited in hardware because they write assembler, but the >>issue for others is simply availability and logistics. I have a pure C++ >>program that runs on Win32, which makes it probable that I could run on >>an Alpha quite easily. When I learned that I was going to compete >>against several Alphas, I put extra effort in my program and actually >>managed to shave some percents off, no small achievement for a mature >>program. But this overclocking business completely defeats me and makes >>me aware that I have been wasting my time investing in my program >>instead of going all out for some hardware. > >Sounds like there will be one more Alpha at next year's event. You will >be able to port on the first compile, most likely. You don't even have >to worry about byte-ordering or sizeof(int) issues, they are the same on >both platforms. > >bruce they can be. the alpha supports either big-endian or little-endian data formats, controlled by a bit the O/S can set or clear. I assume NT puts it in little-endian mode from our test results...
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