[Shootout-list] Many tests cheat

[skaller]

On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 02:03, Isaac Gouy wrote:

> Isn't Clean a pure functional language?
> Referential transparency and destructive update.

Yes, but it isn't arbitrary, they're optimisations
cleverly done by the compiler with type system support.

> You are going to move beyond simple criticism and provide ideal test
> definitions, aren't you?

I'll help move closer to that goal if there is agreement to try.

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