[Shootout-list] grossly distinct

[Bengt Kleberg]

i think it is a good thing to start a new thread if we want to discuss 
the craps page. the thread i was trying to do was not about it.

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
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> I also find, looking at http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/craps.php that
> all of the languages at the top of the pack are compiled languages.  I
> don't really care if a shoddy compiler is beaten by the best of
> interpreters.

i think it is interesting to know that a good interpreter is faster than 
a bad compiler.
i also think it is interesting to know that some languages can get 
bigger speedups from run time flags than from compilers.
to convey this information on the craps page is a challange.
i do not have an answer to this.


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> I think you could stand to provide more specifics of your own, like
> which language implementations or tests you think are demonstrating this
> wonderful interpreted performance.  I think this will start to beg
> questions about CRAPS.

while not exactly about craps, this is your thread and if you want to 
know i will try and answer:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/bench/wc/



> I think we've spent enough words on "one best language profile" vs.
> "several grossly distinct language profiles."  I am not the only person
> who disagrees with you on this point.

i beg do disagree. while we have spent many words we have yet to show 
some logical reasoning.
and honestly, would you actually agree to a decision in a technical 
matter on the grounds that ''many people disagrees without a logical 
reason''?


bengt