Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/09/11:49:44
Mark T Logan wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:09:05 +0200 (IST) Eli Zaretskii
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
> >
> >On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Mr. Fuju wrote:
> >
> >> When designers measure computer speed, they measure it in flops...
> >> mega-flops, tera-flops, etcs. What program do they use to come up
> >with
> >> those numbers? Could someone here write something that is
> >comperable?
> >
> >A flop is a floating-point multiplication followed by a floating-point
> >
> >addition:
> >
> > double a, b, c;
> > double d = a * b + c;
> >
> >Speed is measured in flops (or mega-flops, or tera-flops) PER SECOND,
> >not
> >in flops.
>
> Actually, I think FLOPS stands for (FL)oating (O)perations (P)er
> (S)econd.
> There is no need to say flops per second.
>
> If I'm wrong, don't flame me. I'm not 100% sure of this.
>
> -Fwec
100 percent correct.
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