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The '''Creative Computing Benchmark''', also referred to as '''David Ahl's benchmark''', was a [[Benchmark (computing)|computer benchmark]] used to compare the performance of the [[BASIC programming language]] on various machines. It was first introduced in the November 1983 issue of ''[[Creative Computing]]'' magazine with the measures from a number of [[8-bit computer]]s that were popular at the time. Over a period of a few months, the list was greatly expanded to include practically every contemporary machine that ran BASIC, topped by the [[Cray-1]] which ran it in 0.01 seconds.{{efn|The Cray-1 does not appear to have a BASIC available for it, so it is not clear what language this version was written in.}}

==History==