> Some guy named Landon Rodgers asked me to build the Dhrystone
> benchmarker for 68k Macintosh, so I did. I built it with THINK C 5,
> using 4-byte ints (instead of the default 2-byte ones), and without
> global optimizations. I had to modify the source a little bit to get
> it to build and run properly. (The source code and project file is
> included in the download.)
>
> When the application starts, it will ask you to enter a number of
> runs. You should select a fairly large value here. The faster the
> computer you have, the larger this value should be. The more
> accurate measurement you want, the larger this value should be. On a
> Macintosh Plus, it doesn't take too long to get through 20000 runs.
> On a faster computer, that same number of runs would happen too
> quickly relative to the resolution of the system clock, so a larger
> value should be used. The application will tell you when you have
> selected too small of a value.
>
> After the runs have been completed, you'll either be asked to enter
> a larger number of runs or you'll be presented with the benchmark
> results.
>
> I hope you find this program to be fun, if not somewhat useful.
>
> The source code license of Dhrystone 68k is the same as Dhrystone C
> 2.1, which I was told is in the public domain.
