Re: octave benchmark test

[Francesco Potorti`]

Since we are speaking about benchmarks, there is an old benchmark of
mine at <ftp://fly.isti.cnr.it/pub/software/octave/benchmark.m>, and the
companion <ftp://fly.isti.cnr.it/pub/software/octave/bm_results>.

Both are outdated, that is, they list results for machines that are now
obsolete (1997).  At the time, I stopped collecting results because of
some inconcistencies caused by compilation options which were not clear.

Anyway, it would be easy to update that bechmark and use it for a quick
assessment of how Octave performs on a given box.  Probably, because of
the new Octave features, the set of tests should be updated, which is
fairly easy.

So, if anyone feels like upgrading this, I will put it under the GPL.

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