>From your second link:
> - Submissions for the first step in the search program will be > accepted by SPEC beginning 11 November 2008 and ending 30 June 2010 (11:59 > pm, Pacific Standard Time). > > On Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 12:18:53 PM UTC-7, Páll Haraldsson wrote: > > > https://www.spec.org/cpuv6/ > > It would be cool (and publicity) if Julia would make it into SPEC version > 6. Anyway, might be of interest to people here. > > SPEC used C or Fortran last I looked, I see only references to > "languages", "C/C++" and "portable": > > > https://www.spec.org/cpuv6/ > "SPEC holds to the principle that better benchmarks can be developed from > actual applications. With this in mind, SPEC is once again seeking to > encourage those outside of SPEC to assist us in locating applications that > could be used in the next CPU-intensive benchmark suite, currently under > development within SPEC and currently designated as SPEC CPUv6.[..] > > Portable or can be ported to multiple hardware architectures and operating > systems with reasonable effort > > > For C/C++ programs: > [..] > for the main routine, take one of these two forms > > > [..] > the programming(s) language used in the program/application and > approximate lines of code, > > [..] > Step 4: Complete Code Testing and Benchmark Infrastructure ($1000 upon > successful completion) > [..] > SPEC always prefers to use code that conforms to the relevant language > standards. > > [..] > Step 6: Acceptance into the CPU Suite ($2500 if accepted) > > If the program/application is recommended to and is accepted by the Open > Systems Group, in its sole discretion, then the program/application is > included in the suite and the Submitter will receive $2500 and a license > for the suite when it is released." >
