[Shootout-list] Weekly Update

[Brent Fulgham]

--- Isaac Gouy wrote:
> > But it's still useful to implement the test as an
> > example of what an OO framework (even built from
> > unrelated primitives) would "cost".
> 
> 1) That isn't what the tests claim to do:
> "the speed of object instantiation in OO languages."
> "the speed of method calls in OO languages."
> 
> 2) My assumption is that crafting a somewhat-like
> emulation of a single aspect of OO has fewer design 
> constraints than implementing everything needed to 
> create a coherent OO language. 

What about Scheme's that do implement a full OO
framework?  Many Scheme's provide TinyCLOS.  Chicken
also provides Meroon.  MzScheme has it's
SmallTalk-like OO system.

Should we at least include languages that have add-on
libraries for OO support available?

-Brent