On Feb 12, 9:51 pm, Michael Gardner <gardne...@gmail.com> wrote: -snip-
> Those are all good, but ... Before I pointed out that code size was already shown, you thought just including such a measure would possibly "do the trick" but now that seems not to be good enough for you. > how many people actually look at anything beyond the fastest implementation > for a given language? To some extent this is their problem, sure, ... Their problem? Isn't it their choice? > but it's not helped by the prominence the shootout site gives to the fastest > implementations in various places. The site name is given prominence - The Computer Language Benchmarks Game - but if that isn't what someone wants to see they'll use a different name. > In the first place, I'm not even sure what the purpose of all that data is. There's a response to that at the very top of the Help page. -snip- > If it's just for entertainment (as the word "game" seems to imply), There's a response to that misunderstanding at the foot of the Help page. > In my opinion, it's simply not meaningful nor interesting to compare the > fastest implementations across different languages. -snip- You're welcome to your opinion. > Perhaps each language could have one "best" implementation selected by the > community or by a panel of judges; then the default or most prominent > comparisons could use these "best" implementations rather than the fastest > ones. -snip- I look forward to seeing you publish the results of your proposed project. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
