--- Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 13:04 -0700, Isaac Gouy wrote: > > --- Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -snip- > > > I think the right way to do John's benchmark is to get each > language > > > zealot in competition with each other. Let the C programmer prove > > > he can do it much faster. And the Java programmer can respond if > he > > > wants to. > > > > At which point we would have /a contest between individuals/ and we > > should suspect the results would depend quite strongly on how much > time > > those individuals choose to waste on the contest. > > Exactly. That is what I propose, not just a contest between > language > implementation but between language advocates. The shootout works > that > way anyway, people constantly tweaking their language or their > implementation.
No, the benchmarks game does not work that way. FAQ http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/faq.php#contest > I don't see anything more fair than that. There is no way to really > get > a perfect comparison because there are too many variables not to > mention > which platform and OS you are on and how you set compiler options, > which > language implementation, etc. > > So it seems best to me to let each language advocate go to bat for > his > language of choice - a kind of "put up or shut up" contest. You can > claim your language is better but you also get every chance to back > it > up with real numbers. > > - Don > > > > > > The benchmarks game does show /a contest/ > > > > > http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=meteorâ©=all > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
