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  • Subject: Re: AS/400 Trivia...
  • From: "John C. Bradley" <jcbradley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:32:42 -0400

Thank you, Leif, for the idea.  I will think twice or thrice in the
future when I'm tempted to casually dismiss someone's statement as an
"apples/oranges" case.

Leif Svalgaard wrote:
> 
> > Cross platform comparisons are typically inaccurate, because "you are
> > comparing apples and oranges".
> 
> But, AL,
> they are both fruits, aren't they? you can compare apples and oranges for
> many things:  nutritional value, calories, price per unit of vitamin C, etc.
> 
> These are all valid comparisons. Also, I have written applications that
> run across many platforms doing exactly the same. Why can't I compare
> the performance of these applications?
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