[Shootout-list] Stuff

[Jon Harrop]

On Friday 22 April 2005 14:10, Bengt Kleberg wrote:
> Jon Harrop wrote:
> > Well, my programs are genuinely useful (solving common problems) so they
> > weren't _designed_ to be "difficult to implement in other languages". I
> > did select them because they show off the strong points of languages like
> > OCaml though, of course. But I'm advocating that they be included in the
> > shootout because the shootout currently lacks these kinds of problems.
>
> sounds perfectly sensible to me. perhaps what is missing is a way to
> change your programs ''to make sure a wide range of languages would
> complete the test''.

But that's exactly what I don't want to do! :-)

Knowing which languages cannot be used to solve practically important sets of 
problems is very valuable information. I don't see any benefit in removing 
this information from the shootout.

Indeed, such information is already present in the shootout as many languages 
have yet to implement several problems. OCaml cannot implement nsieve on 
32-bit, for example.

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
Objective CAML for Scientists
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists