[Shootout-list] Dispatch benchmark questions

[José Bollo]

Le jeudi 25 Août 2005 17:42, Isaac Gouy a écrit :
> Having a "virtual method" test always seemed like a bad idea, and at
> least in this specific case it was a bad idea. Dispatch has been
> dispatched to The Sandbox.

Can you explain why the idea of testing "virtual methods" seems bad?
Do you refer to Jon Harrop's challenge?

Le vendredi 29 Juillet 2005 19:49, Jon Harrop a écrit :
> However, the program is still trivially reducible. I think the author tried
> to engage the (IMHO impossible) challenge of finding something which OO is
> good for. The best you can do is subjectively try to enforce the use of OO
> but, then, nobody will agree on what OO is...

Fact is that one of my prefered language has it's best performance moved to 
the sandbox :*(

cheers