[Shootout-list] Weekly Update

[Bengt Kleberg]

Brent Fulgham wrote:
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> 4.  A couple of new tests (I may have mentioned them previously).  They are aimed at
> showing off some of Erlang's strengths by requiring lots of message passing (in the
> case of the new "ringmsg" test) and loading of plugins (in the case of the new "plugin"
> test).  Note that "plugins" is being revised slightly, so please don't bother implementing
> anything until further notice.
> 

i have now provided in the ''correct'' plugin test.

there is something i would like to change about the way the "ringmsg" 
test is done.
since it is supposed to test message passing, and not process creation, 
i think it would be better to have a fixed number of process and change 
the number of times the message has to go around the circle, instead.


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> 4.  I'd like to provide a couple of Scorecard pages:  the current "overall" page, a "compiler" language page
> (for the various optimized, compiled languages), and a "scripting language" page for the
> Perls and Pythons of the world.  Does this sound useful?

what would be used to separate the 2 kinds of languages? admitedly the 
scorecard page is getting _very_ long, but if there is to be a 
separation it would have to be done on a very firm ground to avoid 
arguments, or languages that end up in the wrong group.

a potential seperator would be the ability to run the source code from a
#! /bin/interpreter
file.


> 5.  I've got to look into incorporating Isaac's website ideas.  I think a lot of his points are valid,
> but I cringe at the time I think it will take to go through and revamp the site.  The site is currently
> based on the open-source Tigris.org CSS and icons.  If anyone has an example of a site with
> better readability (etc) we can look at doing that.  In the meantime, the site will stay as-is until
> I can get around to modifying it further.  I'd like to hear other people's thoughts on the site
> layout and design before changing anything.

appoint some webdesigners. let them create the new website. when it does 
the right thing, swap it in.
warning: i know nothing about creating websites.


bengt