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Dhrystone

33 pointsby krelianlast Tuesday at 10:10 PM2 commentsview on HN

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ghafftoday at 5:44 AM

That's been a million years.

I remember when Dhrystones used to be touted as relevant metric in my minicomputer days.

jimnotgymtoday at 9:37 AM

> The name "Dhrystone" is a pun on a different benchmark algorithm called Whetstone

I generally like a good pun. I wonder what unique properties this one has that makes my skin crawl.