Lpc2000

Hello "berniespam",

> I do not think Keil was trying to be insidious with their comparison
> of their tools with other ARM compilers.

I have tried to choose my words carfully, to avoid accusing KEIL of
anything. (Except that I do feel that KEIL should have provided an
analysis.)

> Using a widely recognized benchmark like Dhrystone removes the
> chance that an the benchmark is written to favor the quirks of a
> particular compiler.

I think you were referring to the remark that Dhrystone may be
inappropriate for embedded systems software. For that remark, I cited
Richard York, and a link to his paper is near the bottom of my
article.

> Using the simulator allowed the test to be hardware neutral. Since
> the simulator will take a hex file created by any tool set, it
> should not favor any particular compiler. It also makes it easier
> for an end user to reproduce the test.

This is a good point. I will take this into account when I update my
article on the Dhrystone benchmark.

Thanks for posting, anf kind regards,
Thiadmer Riemersma