[Shootout-list] baseline

[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 platform.

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

i'm thinking of taking a language that has been implemented in a few
hundred lines (with disregard to efficiency) and optimise it by using the
shootout's benchmarks.  i know this could be considered cheating, but it
would be an interesting exercise for me.

cheers,   jack