[Shootout-list] Ackermann

[Brent Fulgham]

--- Einar Karttunen <ekarttun@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> 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?

I agree.  We need to move the C++ template version
to "interesting alternative".  Of course, it would
be great to have Haskell and Ocaml "interesting
alternative" versions that use the same trick --
lots of readers would benefit from seeing how this
is done.

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

+1.

-Brent