[Shootout-list] Ackermann

[Einar Karttunen]

Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com> writes:
> I notice the fastest C++ implementation of Ackermann uses templates to do work 
> at compile time. Is this allowed? If so, am I allowed to submit the 
> equivalent OCaml?
>

That seems like cheating. In Haskell I can execute all computations I
want at compile time (without resorting to ugly templates). Do we really
want to start this path?

One vote for disallowing this - it should go as an interesting alternative.

- Einar Karttunen