[Shootout-list] Ray tracer

[Bengt Kleberg]

Jon Harrop wrote:
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> I believe Isaac is saying that we need to have submissions under 100 LOC in 
> both Java and C# or the benchmark is not suitable for the shootout. I don't 
> know either of those languages, which makes that hard for me.

this is a chance to learn a new languague, or two :-)


> Of course, with 97 LOC in OCaml, the nbody benchmark is perfectly acceptable 
> (and one of the most cross language benchmarks). There are also 117 and 120 
> LOC versions in C# and Java. Indeed, most implementations are over 100 LOC. 
> Perhaps we should remove nbody? I think not...

it would be simpler to change the 100 lines limit to 120 lines. or 150. 
or 200. with such a limit (still not official, mind you) it would be 
neccessary with a reason. to avoid answering the question ''why?'', 
again and again.


> Also, regex has entries with 164, 766 and 767 LOC and spellcheck has C entries 
> with 178 LOC.

if only c# and java counts, then other langugaes with > 100 lines does 
not matter.
it does raise the question as to why only these 2 matters. with such a 
limit (still not official, mind you) it would be neccessary with a 
reason. to avoid answering the question ''why?'', over and over.


bengt