[Shootout-list] Idea for graph

[Isaac Gouy]

> However the single test All languages graph is
> fairly useless IMHO. It shows the rating of each
> language in speed order for Fixed N.

No. 
The chart does not show languages in "speed order" - it shows
*programs* sorted on your chosen criterion. 
It shows CPU times and memory usage relative to the lowest CPU time and
memory usage for that benchmark, for fixed N.

Explaining why something in-your-opinion is fairly useless is helpful -
otoh bland assertions are fairly useless.


> What might be more useful is a single line
> showing the 'average' performance for all N,
> with an upper and lower lower +/- 1 standard deviation,
> and a lower line showing the best performance (for
> any language).
> 
> That's just 4 lines for speed rating, which really
> shows two things: what the shape of the test itself
> is (linear, quadratic, etc ..) and how consistently
> languages implement that feature.
> 
> Hmmm .. just an idea.




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