[Shootout-list] Many tests cheat

[Isaac Gouy]

> > The example of Felix Exception test is a good one
> > (raised by Isaac Gouy).
> 
> I think the problem of that is that other languages could use 
> the same approach as Felix which would improve their results.

Yes, that's the point of cheating.


> I use the following methology with submitting tests:
> * If my implementation appears to be fair commit it
> * If my implementation beats the crap out of other implementations 
>   post it to the list asking "do you think this is fair?"

Which is OK when it "beats the crap out..." but doesn't flag the slower
cheats that cheat the other slower languages. (Perl & Python & those
other languages the Shootout was created to test.)


		
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