Benchmark rigging (was: Re: [boost] Intel 8.0 on Windows now passes all Boost regression tests)

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-29 08:20:16

I'm not accusing Intel of this, but the idea popped into my head when I read
this message.

For the standard processor and/or system tests, I've heard of companies
rigging their chips/components to work really well specifically for the
tests, not necessarily a general performance increase.  Can that be done for
our tests?  I'm guessing not (especially since our tests can change over
time).

On 2/21/04 8:25 PM, "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> A bug fix version of Intel 8.0 for Windows has been posted on their web
> site. This new version passes all Boost regression tests. See
> http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/
> 
> Congratulations to Intel, and thanks for fixing several bugs which were
> causing Boost tests to fail!

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Daryle Walker
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