[comp.arch] Benchmark & Test Suites

blee@digi.lonestar.org (Benjamin W. Lee) (10/18/90)

Recently, I started to search materials related to
benchmark and test suites for C compiler.  I will
appreciate any information as to the program itself,
FTP site, reference to magazine, places to get such
information etc.  I am looking for recommendations
from the experts out there.

BTW, if anyone interested to the result, mail me a
message and I will summarize.


Ben at blee%digi@uunet OR  blee@digi.UUCP

blee@digi.lonestar.org (Benjamin W. Lee) (10/23/90)

It is stupid to follow-up my own post, but I need to expand
this:

>Recently, I started to search materials related to
>benchmark and test suites for C compiler.  I will
>appreciate any information as to the program itself,
>FTP site, reference to magazine, places to get such
>information etc.  I am looking for recommendations
>from the experts out there.

The target is unfortunately still moving in unknown speed.
Let alone other configurations.  In that respect, I have
been suggested by Mr. Stewart that GNU CC is a reasonable
approach to a degree which I agree to the fullest, since
I don't expect any exotic architecture in my environment.

Still, I have not received a lot answer which I assume the
unclearness of the previous post must be the reason.
(But, lots of soul expressed their interest in benchmarking
C compiler.)

Nontheless, I am searching any convenient information as to
benchmarking C compiler. I will also appreciate some degree
of explaintion to the design of the benchmark programs. i.e.
it is used for measuring cache capacity, etc. I am not
smart enough to figure out one thousand programs per week
while a few dozen will do!

Anyway, any information is welcomed! Thanks again!!

-Ben