[Shootout-list] log is very nice!

[skaller]

On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 12:25, Brent Fulgham wrote:
> --- Isaac Gouy wrote:
> 
> > > > On the language file I sent to Brent, Felix was
> > > > also on the "Greater Computer Language Shootout"
> 
> > > > page. Given it's large user-base...
> > > 
> > > Chicken and egg. 
> > 
> > A place for chickens, and a place for eggs.
> 
> I think this *is* the right approach, but I'm worried
> that new site visitors get the impression that this
> site is only about Chickens. 

One of things that appeals to me about the Shootout
is that it allows a language to compete on *quality*
and not popularity. It also allows clients to
define, to some extent, what qualities they're
interested in. 

I'm not really talking about CRAPs here either: 
a less obvious way this occurs is that
people can actually examine the test code.
Is it clean? Does it do a simple job simply?
Could they learn it easily? Does it provide
a feature set they're looking for but can't
seem to find in another language?

Hmm .. how about a ranking based on completed tests?

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