[Shootout-list] Organisation for numerical tests

[Isaac Gouy]

--- José Bollo <jose.bollo@tele2.fr> wrote:

> > > > Are there problems not dominated by array access?
> > > > yes

> > > > Are there problems not dominated by io?
> > > > yes

> > > > Are there problems were a good approach doesn't require
> > > > destructive update?
> > Pure functional languages don't do destructive assignment - create
> > new values instead.
> i dont understand the NO DESTRUCTIVE ASSIGNMENT requirement.

It isn't a requirement, it's a question.

Shootout already has tests dominated by array access, dominated by io,
and strongly favouring destructive assignment. Can we find suitable
problems without those characteristics? 

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