mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) (05/10/88)
In article <30528@linus.UUCP>, jde@mitre-bedford.ARPA (John D. Eikenberry) writes: > [stuff about wanting info on benchmarks, and names some, among them:] > Dhampstones > Dhrystones > Whetstones Presumably the Dhrystone name arose when someone with a twisted mind saw "Whetstone" as "Wetstone" with an 'h' inserted. Dhampstone is then an obvious derivative. But where did the Whetstone name come from, or rather, how did it get attached to a benchmark? Since this has little, if anything, to do with computer architecture, I'm redirecting followups to comp.misc. der Mouse uucp: mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp arpa: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu