Talk:Whetstone (benchmark)
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Origin of the term
[edit]There is no evidence that the originator of the term Whetstone for this purpose intended for it to refer to intentionally undermining the value of the benchmark. Honing code to improve the benchmark score is exactly the opposite of getting an unambiguous, objective score of the hardware capabilities. The term refers to the location of the lab at which the original benchmark was designed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ba2kell (talk • contribs) 15:20, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Wording on the VAX-11
[edit]"On achieving 1 MWIPS, the Digital Equipment Corporation VAX-11/780 minicomputer became accepted as the first commercially available 32-bit computer to demonstrate 1 MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second), CERN , not really appropriate for a benchmark dependent on floating point speed."
This is not a sentence, what is this even trying to say? Thesaaa (talk) 22:04, 18 February 2025 (UTC)