NAME
dhrystone - integer benchmark
SYNOPSIS
dhrystone
EXAMPLES
dhrystone # Run the dhrystone benchmark
DESCRIPTION
Many years ago, a floating-point benchmark called whetstone
was popular for benchmarking FORTRAN programs. Nowadays, an
integer benchmark called dhrystone is widely used for bench-
marking UNIX systems. This is it. Be warned, however, that
dhrystone is entirely CPU bound, and goes blindingly fast on
machines with high-speed caches. Although this is a good
measure for programs that spend most of their time in some
inner loop, it is a poor benchmark for I/O bound applica-
tions.