[Shootout-list] thoughts on the subject of ''compile to native code''
Bengt Kleberg
bengt.kleberg@ericsson.com
Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:47:43 +0200
greetings,
i must apologise for having lost the name of the person who first raised
the quesiton about ''compile to native code'' for languages like CMUL.
anyway, my attempt of a solution would be to do away with this
distinction completely. instead we could have a ''language
configuration'' page for each language for each test. here we could list
what was done to the source code to achive the times reported. compile,
link and run time flags. if the needed run time library is not mentioned
when CMUL is linked we would have to add it manually.
hopefully these flags are already available and could be put onto the
page atomatically. i do not know enough about webdesign to be able to
assert this with any great certainty.
it is important to know that the results of a test where obtained with
the, perhaps little known, flags ''+RTS -k128'' etc.
however, i do not think it is particularly usefull to have singled out
compiled, or not, on the main page of a test.
neither do i find it useful to list both compiled and interpreted times
for the same language (implementation) on the main page.
to go as far as to only list the fastest implementation of a specific
language, is to go too far. imho.
bengt