From: rwb@alexander.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Berger)
Subject: Omega SANE and math programs
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 04:51:58 GMT

> Anyone see the benchmarks between System 7.0.1 (with Omega SANE
> patch) and 7.1 (without the patch) in the latest TidBITS??  Pretty
> big slowdown on those math functions, huh?  Well, I use a high-end
> math package (Mathematica) for a lot of my work, and I'm getting a
> IIvx, which only runs System 7.1.  Thus, I'm kind of resigned to a
> slowdown.

Many math programs detect if an FPU is present, and use Motorola
FPU instructions directly if it is there.

Such a program would not be slowed down by the lack of Omega SANE.

Excel is such a program; I don't know about Mathematica.

The Speedometer MATH rating uses SANE, and is therefor slower
under 7.1.

The Speedometer FPU benchmarks use the FPU hardware directly, so they
are not slowed by 7.1.

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Subject: AIEEE! The tax man cometh!
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(To the tune of Christmas is Coming...)
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Thank you so much, and may God bless you and your family in this time of
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:25:30 +0000
From: James Thomson <thomsonj@dcs.gla.ac.uk>

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