andrew@alice.att.com (Andrew Hume) (10/08/90)
i am gathering evidence to support claims that various refinements of an algorithm are (mostly) architecture independent. the evidence are timings of the algorithm implemented in C and compiled/run on various machines which can loosely be described as MIPS R3000, SPARC, 68020, 80386, VAX and a Cray XMP. i believe this to be a reasonably representative sample on which to base my claims. i would appreciate feedback from anyone who disagrees (the feedback should include the architecture and why it is important). i will not be looking at any IBM 360 class machines. in order to conserve electrons, email to andrew@research.att.com (research!andrew) is preferred. andrew hume