[Shootout-list] Stuff

[Isaac Gouy]

--- Robert Seeger <rhseeger@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 

A comment made by whom, where?



> 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.
> > 
> > "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
> > 
> > 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.)"
> > 
> > Asking the author to come-up with something a little more specific
> > resulted in ... nothing. Difficult to accept or reject.
> > 
> > 
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