1This is about BYTE's beta version of the native-algorithm benchmark
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3December 16, 1996:
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5The source for DOS is obtainable at http://www.byte.com/bmark/bmark.htm
6Linux adaptation written by Uwe F. Mayer <mayer@tux.org>
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8February 7, 1997:
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10added -DSOLARIS flag to support solaris
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12November 11, 1997:
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14added index split suggested by Andrew D. Balsa
15re-baselined to a Linux machine
16added checking of CPU-type at run-time (cpuinfo.c)
17increased maximal number of loops in some tests
18removed -DSOLARIS flag, works now automatically (this also removed the
19  compiler warnings about redefined types and leads to a 20% faster
20  code for "Bitfield" if compiled with -funroll-loops!)
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22November 13-19, 1997:
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24changed debugging information
25changed random number generator to be always 32 bits even on 64 bit OSs
26added data resets to Bitfield and Huffman
27created this Changes file
28added debug code for Bitfield
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30December 6, 1997:
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32got rid of cpuinfo.c
33added a RESULTS file
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35December 7, 1997:
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37fixed the statistical analysis used to compute the confidence coefficient
38fixed a bug in the DEBUG routine of "Assignment"
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40December 11, 1997
41added some entries to RESULTS
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