[Shootout-list] Stuff

[Robert Seeger]

Actually, there was a comment made that, since most languages can't
handle Unicode without an external library, such a test would not make
it into the shootout. Hence, the idea was dropped.

Rob Seeger=20

On 4/25/05, Isaac Gouy <igouy2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> -snip-
> > Such non-trivial problems don't belong in the Shootout, as far as I'm
> > concerned. Personally, I'd like to see a test that deals with the
> > speed and ease of handling various Unicode encodings. As it turns
> > out, the majority of languages can't handle such a test (without
> > external libraries) and, as such, it's unlikely such a test will be
> > added to the Shootout.
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> "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
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> From the comp.lang.tcl
> "And it would be fascinating to add additional tests that play to Tcl's
> strengths (e.g. converting a 1MB file from UNICODE to one of those ISO
> 2022 encodings.)"
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> Asking the author to come-up with something a little more specific
> resulted in ... nothing. Difficult to accept or reject.
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