[Shootout-list] Rule 30

[Bengt Kleberg]

On 2005-05-20 04:48, John Skaller wrote:
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> Alternatively -- count compile time as part of the problem,
> to penalise partial evaluators (and in general slow compilers
> like gcc with optimisation flags on) when the inputs are
> small, but reward them when the inputs are large: that,
> after all, is a real world tradeoff between using a compiler
> like gcc versus an interpreter like Python.

this is a good idea. it would be nice to have the possiblity. it would 
not be nice if it was the only value.


> Even better -- count developer time for the code as well:

this is the most important metric to me (provided that the program is 
correct, ofcourse). it is difficult to measure correctly.


bengt