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    From Digital Man@VERT to All on Fri Mar 16 10:42:22 2001
    PCMS is a rather obscure Synchronet acronym that stands for "Programmable Command and Menu Structure". Baja is the compiler that converts the .src (source) file into an executable binary (.bin) file that is then interpretted by Synchronet as a command shell or loadable module.

    If you're familiar with Synchronet command shells or Baja modules, then you're familiar with PCMS.

    Out of curiousity, I've been comparing PCMS performance to other interpretted scripting systems and the best I could do was come up with this simple (BogoMIPS inspired) bench mark code:

    # PCMS Bench

    int i t start

    set i 0
    call clock_sync
    printf "Calculating Performance ..."
    :loop
    time t
    compare start t
    if_equal
    add i 1
    goto loop
    end_if
    printf "\r\n%lu addition and get-time-of-day operations per second\r\n" i

    return

    :clock_sync
    printf "Synchronizing clock ..."
    time t
    :sync_loop
    time start
    compare start t
    if_equal
    goto sync_loop
    end_if
    crlf
    return

    ####

    It's very system-load dependant, to you'll want to run it when there isn't much (if anything) going on. These are the numbers I've seen so far (averages):

    32000 on a lightly-loaded 700mhz Pentium III running WinNT 4.0
    900 on a lightly-loaded 300mhz Pentium II running WinME
    500 on a medium-loaded 300mhz Pentium II running WinME (same machine)
    40000 on a lightly-loaded 200mhz Pentium I running Linux 2.2.14

    Wow, huh? Let's hear it for Linux! (or maybe it's GCC that should take the credit?) I haven't tried different OSes on the same hardware yet, but this could prove interesting. Also, I haven't tried the Borland or GCC builds for Win32 to see if they get different numbers, but I suspect they would.

    Rob
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  • From Amcleod@VERT to Digital Man on Fri Mar 16 12:14:08 2001
    RE: PCMS performance
    BY: Digital Man to All on Fri Mar 16 2001 05:42 pm

    32000 on a lightly-loaded 700mhz Pentium III running WinNT 4.0
    900 on a lightly-loaded 300mhz Pentium II running WinME
    500 on a medium-loaded 300mhz Pentium II running WinME (same machine) 40000 on a lightly-loaded 200mhz Pentium I running Linux 2.2.14

    Wow, huh? Let's hear it for Linux! (or maybe it's GCC that should take the credit?) I haven't tried different OSes on the same hardware yet, but this could prove interesting. Also, I haven't tried the Borland or GCC builds for Win32 to see if they get different numbers, but I suspect they would.

    Oh maaaan!

    You've just opened Pandora's Box.
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  • From Darryl@VERT to Digital Man on Sat Mar 17 16:04:00 2001
    RE: PCMS performance
    BY: Digital Man to All on Fri Mar 16 2001 05:42 pm

    32000 on a lightly-loaded 700mhz Pentium III running WinNT 4.0
    900 on a lightly-loaded 300mhz Pentium II running WinME
    500 on a medium-loaded 300mhz Pentium II running WinME (same machine) 40000 on a lightly-loaded 200mhz Pentium I running Linux 2.2.14

    Ok...just ran this on my computer. PII 350mhz with 224M RAM running Windows 2000 Pro.

    31100 is the average. I've got Synch, EleBBS, Internet Rex, Argus, ZOC, 2 command windows, editpad, & COM/IP all running. I may right a program real fast that computes pi and see what kinda benchmarks I'll get. :)

    Nah...I'll skip computing pi for now...

    Darryl



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  • From Darryl@VERT to Darryl on Sat Mar 17 16:06:00 2001
    RE: PCMS performance
    BY: Darryl to Digital Man on Sat Mar 17 2001 11:04 pm

    command windows, editpad, & COM/IP all running. I may right a program real
    ^^^^^
    Man do I need to learn how to spell or what. That should have been write.

    :)

    Darryl


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