Subject: Re: about VAXstation performance
To: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
From: hg/jb <shsrms@bellatlantic.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/28/2000 21:47:47
Andrew Gillham wrote:
>
> Jason R Thorpe writes:
> > and
> > - Millions of Instructions Per Second
> >
> > ...neither of which create an acronym which is plural.
>
> Well "millions" is plural. So would '1 MIPS' be correct when
> expanded:
> 1 Millions of Instructions Per Second.
>
> Not that dropping the "Second" is right either. :-)
>
> -Andrew
But is at least entertaining! We are yacking about linguistics
and displaying our wellroundedness!!!
8)
bob