[Shootout-list] Re: [Gd-chatter] examples/shootout strcat.dylan, NONE, 1.1

[Bengt Kleberg]

Andreas Bogk wrote:

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> The test already does this.  Still, there's some more variation.  For
> instance, some tests might use more libraries than "hello, world", and
> additional libraries mean more for for the runtime linker loading all
> the ELF shared libraries.

imho this is ok to include as test time.
reason: if the libraries are needed for the test, then it is ok to count 
the seconds used to load them as part of the test time.


> I really think the best way to deal with this problem is making the N
> big enough so the test will last for at least 5 to 10 seconds.

seconded. very true. good thing (tm). (i would like to say brilliant, 
but that would be patting my own back way too much :-)
adjust n to make the fastest language run in (1, 2...somethingelse) 
seconds. just guessing that ''somethingelse'' should be 5 is better than 
what we have now, but we could try to find a good value of 
''somethingelse''.

we still need to have several values of n and the graphs. they are 
indespensable. imho.


bengt