minix man page for dhryston

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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 benchmarking 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 applications.

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