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Subject: Re: By the way...

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 04:42:03 06/27/03

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On June 26, 2003 at 16:11:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 25, 2003 at 13:20:46, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>On June 25, 2003 at 04:52:12, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On June 25, 2003 at 03:55:03, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks:
>>>>
>>>>http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/03/06/24/2154256.shtml?tid=126&tid=181
>>>
>>>I'll be darned.  An oinking weasel.
>>
>>It obviously doesn't pass the smell test when Apple's scores disagree with the
>>officially submitted SPEC scores so dramatically, even if the VP does try to
>>justify their testing methodology.
>>
>>The guy mentions that the PPC scores could have been higher if they had used a
>>different compiler? Uhhh, why didn't they do that and avoid this whole mess?
>>
>>-Tom
>
>
>His testing methodology was not _that_ bad.  He _did_ use the same compiler for
>both processors, which is certainly reasonable.
>
>Whether he used that specific compiler because it made the g5 look better is
>another issue, although it is doubtful that the gcc guys have got any great
>g5 customizations built in yet.

However, Apple has hired one of the C++ gurus to specifically work on that.

http://www.lafstern.org/matt/



Bo Persson
bop2@telia.com



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