From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2455 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2022 16:32:52 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 17 Feb 2022 16:32:52 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 274379D3A5; Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:32:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 239129D036; Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:32:25 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key; unprotected) header.d=humeweb.com header.i=@humeweb.com header.b="Z/nPe4aN"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 912969D036; Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:26:51 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 1298 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:26:50 AEST Received: from gateway2.unifiedlayer.com (gateway2.unifiedlayer.com [69.89.26.238]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B6599D035 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:26:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from cm1.websitewelcome.com (unknown [192.185.0.102]) by gateway2.unifiedlayer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A6542009E522 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:05:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from dallas136.arvixeshared.com ([23.91.70.4]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id KjHLniMcev5IUKjHLn798a; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:05:11 -0600 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=humeweb.com ; s=default; h=To:References:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date: In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID :Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe :List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=nQL5HKQpPKzunQOsYPRvf0Gy2NbaAmFM3MaQaKNtCx4=; b=Z/nPe4aN1O//EniWhMfsPeUr1u hhUDqoGTC1ON/HgZUAJ9+ww9VQo65yKtrwLiLf4ZvENMgjee187l+eTPsXmC4hMlYlXgFs1DDeqKJ LBH9hQlLkbRbvMpIcn4b6H85vtLpZWSoyHXq2DnVgl/WCxrnm9X5AQAnZgO3NX54saGU=; Received: from 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net ([99.98.248.85]:56942 helo=smtpclient.apple) by dallas136.arvixeshared.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1nKjHL-00018r-3D; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:05:11 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 15.0 \(3693.40.0.1.81\)) From: Andrew Hume In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:05:09 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <418893D3-8C29-4AE0-94C5-DC036CF01B52@humeweb.com> References: <202202160754.21G7sbUa011318@freefriends.org> <1nKFRN-4IZ-00@marmaro.de> <8735kig8vb.fsf@vuxu.org> <429E30EC-E156-4F8E-B6C1-0B5400A48B49@gmail.com> To: Andy Kosela X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3693.40.0.1.81) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dallas136.arvixeshared.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - tuhs.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - humeweb.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 99.98.248.85 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1nKjHL-00018r-3D X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 99-98-248-85.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net (smtpclient.apple) [99.98.248.85]:56942 X-Source-Auth: andrew@humeweb.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: YWh1bWU7YWh1bWU7ZGFsbGFzMTM2LmFydml4ZXNoYXJlZC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes Subject: Re: [TUHS] Lorinda Cherry X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" altho i date back to those days, i don=E2=80=99t recall using that = benchmark. when i=E2=80=99ve needed something bc-ish to take some time, i normally use a bessel function from bc -l > On Feb 17, 2022, at 2:24 AM, Andy Kosela = wrote: >=20 > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:42 PM Andrew Diller = wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On Feb 16, 2022, at 5:27 PM, Dave Horsfall = wrote: >>>=20 >>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Leah Neukirchen wrote: >>>=20 >>>> Apparently it was a popular benchmark back in the day: >>>> https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/AUUGN/AUUGN-V05.1.pdf >>>=20 >>> Yep. >>>=20 >>>>> The benchmark was "echo 99k2vp8opq I /bin/time dc > /dev/null=E2=80=99= . It >>>>> uses dc (the desk calculator) to calculate the square root of 2 to = 99 >>>>> decimal places, >>>=20 >>=20 >> I tried that on some of the systems I have at hand. It didn't even = register on my Mac.... >=20 > This would be more appropriate on modern machines: >=20 > moon $ sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string; echo 9999k2vp8opq | time -p dc >> /dev/null > machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4258U CPU @ 2.40GHz > real 1.87 > user 1.87 > sys 0.00 >=20 > --Andy