[Shootout-list] X per second scoring system, resume

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Bengt Kleberg wrote:
>
> another way to get X-per-timeunit is to re-write all our test
> to include
> timers. it will also mean accepting that the timers might (depending
> upon implementation) disturb the test result more or less. also, some
> test (eg reverse) are very difficult to do like this.

Part of my point is *all* tests should be run for 60 seconds, to
eliminate inaccuracies of OS process startup / shutdown / slicing.

> as can be seen from my argumentation :-) i am strongly in
> favour of the first way. what do others think?

Have you considered this issue of timing accuracy?


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