They want to see J perform badly...
2007/12/15, Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Terrence Brannon wrote: > > > They want to see J's performance badly... just read > > the alioth forum. I started up some requests for > > programs awhile back. > > I have read that forum, but have not seen what you > described. In response to your suggestions that J be > among the evaluated languages what has been said is > very generic. There is no interest there specific to > J. The message seems to be: "Submit solutions to the > benchmarking problems, if you wish, taking care to fit > all requirements. If we wish, we'll include them in > the project publication." > > Bringing that "shootout" project to the attention of > this forum has had some beneficial results, such as > bringing the meteor puzzle under examination. It has > also provoked some stimulating conversation regarding > comparison of programming languages. > > The vague answer to Alistair Tucker's question is that > there has not been enough interest among J coders to > build a broad set of entries. (It makes perfect sense > that only a broad set will be considered for > inclusion.) The adequate answer is the one indicated > by Henry Rich: Fitting the requirements of that > project too often involves avoiding the most important > aspects of this language, so the solutions that will > fit there will not have a useful relationship with > what it makes sense to write in J. > > > Tracy Harms > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(")
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