On 22-11-2010, Gerd Stolpmann <i...@gerd-stolpmann.de> wrote: > Am Montag, den 22.11.2010, 15:21 +0200 schrieb Thanassis Tsiodras: >> I apologize beforehand if this is not the forum to ask. >> >> I am on the fence about whether to learn OCaml or not, and while >> reading an article called "Why OCaml" >> (http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~murphyk/Software/Ocaml/why_ocaml.html), I saw >> that OCaml was praised for the speed of the executables it generates - >> and was referred to, speed-wise, as "second to none", except C and >> C++. >> >> However, when I actually went to the Language Shootout page suggested >> in the article, I found out that OCaml is not 2nd, it is 13th, behind >> languages like Haskell and C#... >> (http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php) >> >> Is it just hype, then? Or am I missing something? > > I think the shootout is not a good data source. There are definitely > some very poor Ocaml results there, so I'd guess the shootout got > recently more attention by enthusiasts of other languages, and the > current Ocaml programs there are not very good. (I remember Ocaml was #1 > at the shootout a few years ago, faster than C.) So maybe a good > opportunity to post better Ocaml solutions there? >
Maybe it is time to join forces and update the shootout for OCaml? If some people are interested here, I can setup a repository on the forge to update all this tests. If I get 2 people interested, I will setup a VCS repository + project on the forge, this afternoon. Drop me an email + preferred VCS (among svn, git, darcs) and your account login on http://forge.ocamlcore.org. I will take care, when ready, to made this code available in the shootout once finished. Regards, Sylvain Le Gall _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
