Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 18:49:36 -0500 (EST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Top at 3xxxxxxxxx.yy Message-ID: <XFMail.981101184936.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <20625.909957178@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard, On 01-Nov-98 you wrote:
> > I know that making a kernel with -j8 puts a load on the machine, but LA
> > of
> > 3billion is exccessive :-)
>
> The alpha is very fast, Simon, you know that. Loads of over 3 billion
> hardly faze it! :-)
>
> - Jordan
>
> P.S. Yeah, guess there are some too-small counter values to track
> down. :)
This all reminds me the transition from PDP to VAX. Al these assumptions
about int, long, pointers that blow up. Much fun.
Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
770.265.7340
Simon Shapiro
Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth
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