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1 | Copyright (c) 1979 Regents of the University of California |
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3 | sccsid = "@(#)READ_ME 1.1 %G%" | |
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5 | This directory contains the source code for the Version 7 VAX | |
6 | interpreter for Pascal. Following standard convensions, the makefile | |
7 | contains four commands: | |
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9 | px - compile px | |
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11 | install - compile and install px in /usr/ucb | |
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13 | clean - clean out directory | |
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15 | print - print out a listing of px | |
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19 | Bugs and Limitations: | |
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21 | Runtime error messages could give far more information than they | |
22 | currently do. (eg the actual value of a subscript which is out | |
23 | of range) | |
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25 | It should be possible to resume execution following many of | |
26 | the runtime errors. (eg fixed overflow, interrupt, etc) | |
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29 | Comparison of Pascal with C compiler | |
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31 | In an attempt to compare compiled versus interpreted execution speeds | |
32 | the 'Tower of Hanoi' benchmark (see hanoi.p, hanoi.c) was run with | |
33 | the following results: | |
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35 | Data: | |
36 | number of disks: 16 | |
37 | number of moves required: 65535 | |
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39 | Compiler, Flags Compile Compile Run Run | |
40 | Time Factor Time Factor | |
41 | Pi, full tests 0.4u+0.4s 1.0 42.7u 1.0 | |
42 | Pi, no tests 0.3u+0.3s 0.7 35.2u 1.2 | |
43 | Pc, unoptimized 3.8u+2.4s 7.7 5.3u 8.1 | |
44 | Pc, optimized 4.4u+2.3s 8.4 4.6u 9.3 | |
45 | C, unoptimized 1.7u+1.8s 4.4 2.8u 15.3 | |
46 | C, optimized 2.0u+2.0s 5.0 2.5u 17.1 | |
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48 | Note: The times for Pc and C were obtained by running larger | |
49 | problems and scaling the run times down appropriately. |