Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 14:13:54 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 16:40:13, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
[snip]
>>bool heavyCalculation(lots_of_input_data)
>>{
>>#ifdef ITS_LIKELY_I_AM_USED_AS_A_BENCHMARK
>> return true; // Change to 'false' on Tuesdays
>>#else
>> return reallyDoTheHeavyCalculation(lots_of_input_data);
>>#endif
>>}
>>
>>and compile it with 'gcc -fomit-instructions' :p
>>
>>Sargon
>
>Nope, if the SPEC programs don't produce the correct output, the benchmark
>score is invalid.
Agreed. So you can skip the remark about Tuesday.
Nevertheless there are most likely still enough little "tricks" here and there
to appear in a slightly better light than the processor from the competition
introduced one week before. That was the point I was trying to make. Guess I
should have been less vague.
Sargon
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