A variety of CPU/FPU benchmarks and applications b
enchmarks show that the Pentium Pro running at 150 MHz easily beats the fastest Pentium, but only when running pure 32-bit software.
The 166-MHz Pentium PC from Dell (with 512 KB of pipelined burst secondary cache memory, 64 MB of extended data out [EDO] RAM, a 1-GB Quantum Fireball EIDE hard drive, and a 4-MB Number Nine Imagine 128 graphics card) provides about the same level of performance when running Windows 95 applications and beats the more expensive Pentium Pro system when running Windows 3.1 applications.
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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