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To: Elmer who wrote (101386)	3/31/2000 11:08:00 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571924

Dear Elmer: They may simply mean that they used the latest compiler that generates code that runs on BOTH processors (what BASE was supposed to mean (no fancy optimizations)). Does the other scores specify BASE? If you look at the scores generated by gcc for example, Athlon beats Coppermine at same clock. Also does the benchmark publisher verify that the data output is correct? Others have remarked that Intel's 4.5 SPEC compiler generates bad code when general purpose code is compiled with it. This is a hallmark of a bad code generator or optimizer and thus cannot be used in any normal place (as a scientist would use it (where the code in SPEC was originated)). If only SPEC can be compiled with 4.5, why not allow AMD and Intel to write code that performs the jobs in SPEC in assembly and be done with it? Pete