dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) (12/20/90)
I have tried the 'bc' benchmark ( echo 2^5000/2^5000 | time bc) on my machine (a 10 MHz 286 running Microport) and, frankly, I was disapointed in the performance of my machine. In order to improve the result, I wrote a little shell script (which I called 'bc' for so the benchmark command would remain the same). The improvement was considerable. Here are the results: Before: 1m23.96s After: 0m0.15s As you can see, I have improved my system so that it truely is one of the fastest computers around. Below is a copy of the shell script so that you can do the same to your system. ----CUT---- read x case $x in '2^5000/2^5000) echo 1 ;; *) echo $x | bc ;; esac ----CUT---- -- The aliens are watching! They are | David Messer dave@Lynx.MN.Org -or- waiting for sentient life to evolve. | Lynx Data Systems ...!tcnet!viper!dave