Misleading Indicator of Processor Speed. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Fairchild Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: You might be a mainframer if... :-) V3.8
In a message dated 8/10/2005 6:45:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [speaking of MIPS] >It means the same thing today; it was undefined then and still is. _http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/MIPS.html_ (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/MIPS.html) has the original definition. It may always have been meaningless, but it was never without a definition. Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
