The P6 outruns the fastest Pentiums when mea
sured by low-level 32-bit benchmarks, as seen in these SPECmark estimates from Intel (see graph on left). Although Intel initially planned to introduce the P6 at 133MHz, it's now likely the chip will debut this fall at speeds of 133, 150, and 166 MHz.
Although the P6 outruns the fastest Pentiums in low-level 32-bit benchmarks, a 150-MHz P6 is outraced by a 133-MHz Pentium and matched by a 100-MHz Pentium when running 16-bit programs under Windows 3.1, as seen in these preliminary benchmarks from Intel (see graph on right). With 32-bit Windows 95 or Windows NT, however, the P6 meets expectations. As of this writing, Intel has not permitted BYTE to run our own benchmarks on the P6.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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