[Shootout-list] Many tests cheat

[skaller]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 02:41, Isaac Gouy wrote:

> imo You've given a fine demonstration of why Doug Bagley reserved the
> right to arbitrarily exclude languages and programs. It's an effective
> way to balance competing interests.

I can't say I understand .. i'm talking about how the shootout
specifies tests. It doesn't have much to do with the competition
between the languages, other than try to make the comparison
fairer and simpler.

I think quite a few of the programs are cheating,
but I don't think any of the programmers are.

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