Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn Wheeler Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: compilers and architecture, Just How Bad Was The Intel IAPX432? Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:08:06 -1000 Organization: Wheeler&Wheeler Lines: 12 Message-ID: <87h5nm47u1.fsf@localhost> References: <10ve2mc$m8n2$1@dont-email.me> <10veufm$to3f$1@dont-email.me> <10vfdgs$1vl7$1@gal.iecc.com> <87ldczf871.fsf@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2427374"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX196bixGhhuLaPaMd+m2agLTUwPcA/YJejI="; posting-host="f4b2010d11bad7e4569053bfd4fec317" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ST7rYzbV4A/HpHgSRsg1Ld0rmU8= sha1:T/6HqpKtUCuSqR8vn6xJ6nn1Nq0= sha256:cQU/fLlBFr6zXpWtkzaeEfM1L299iWIt9osd8QkziLQ= sha1:TfU/Tn5WVv5YZGEXlPTfWy9riw8= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:234824 25oct2006 comp.arch/a.f.c post with archived 08aug81 email pascal "benchmark" including pascal w/pl.8 backend 6m 30 secs PERQ (with PERQ's Pascal compiler, of course) 4m 55 secs 68000 with PASCAL/PL.8 compiler at OPT 2 0m 21.5 secs 3033 PASCAL/VS with Optimization 0m 10.5 secs 3033 with PASCAL/PL.8 at OPT 0 0m 5.9 secs 3033 with PASCAL/PL.8 at OPT 3 -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970