[Shootout-list] baseline and shootout optimisation

[Jack Andrews]

hi, i like benchmarks :)

can it be assumed that a language is only required to work on i386? i
think it can, as D is implemented only on this arch.

further, if i write a benchmark for any given language, do i know which
CPU to target? eg. on gcc, i may want to build with flags like:

  -march=pentium4

if i submitted a set of benchmarks optimised for prescott, is that OK? 
what can we assume and what are the givens?

cheers,   jack