[Shootout-list] Re: ring of processes

[Bengt Kleberg]

Isaac Gouy wrote:
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> Each language will send a different number of messages for the same
> test?!

each language will send the same number of messages for the same test.
ie, all languages will use the same ratio of messages per process.
since this ratio is supposed to be as-low-as-possible (given the test 
purpose), the number will have to be adjusted when new languages are 
added. the person adding a new language would preferably find the 
correct value for the new language.

it would have been a bad test design to use a fixed value and hope that 
all languges would find this suitable.


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> The size of the message does not really matter?!

size of the message does not matter for this test.


> We have a workable test for process communication - chainmsg

could you give me the shootout webpage for this chainmsg test?

the test i am trying to improve is ringmsg. webpage 
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/bench/ringmsg

_if_ we already have a chainmsg, and it is testing the same thing as 
ringmsg, we do not need to improve ringmsg. instead i suggest we remove 
ringmsg. please keep the ''if'' when quouting.


bengt