[Shootout-list] main benchmark

[Isaac Gouy]

> The *MAIN BENCHMARK* should only test the least common denominator of
> all languages.  It cannot, for instance, mandate garbage
> collection. 3rd generation capabilities, i.e. like C, are the only
> things all of the languages have in common.

Brandon, simply declare a new industry standard *MAIN BENCHMARK* as
tests x,y,z and publish. 

Or is "Bench++ Benchmark Suite" what you're looking for?
http://www.research.att.com/~orost/bench_plus_plus/paper.html

Just download the Shootout data, exclude the tests you don't like and
present the results as you wish. (And let others define their own new
industry standard *MAIN BENCHMARK* as tests m,n,o and publish
as-they-wish.)

-snip-
> never done anything as loosey-goosey as leave the scoring system up
> to the person running it.
Could that be because they make money from defining and measuring
benchmarks?

> 'subtle' arguments that bore us all to death
Is that the singular y'all ;-)

> opposed to standardized scoring systems
Hopefully you and I will not be the only people to look at the Shootout
webpages. I think those other individuals will be in a far better
position to judge which benchmarks are appropriate to their task than
you or I can now.


		
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