Re: Lua5 benchmarks

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> The "Great Win32 Computer Language Shootout"
> (http://dada.perl.it/shootout/) has been updated to include Lua 5.0
> (our thanks to Aldo Calpini). It still keeps Lua 4.0, so it is a nice
> place to compare the performance of both versions. As expected, 5.0
> outperforms 4.0 in almost all tests. In the final scorebord, Lua 5.0
> scaled up five positions (compared to Lua 4.0).

I'm not a language-fascist and I am aware of the danger of
benchmarks, but I still feel a glow of primitive tribal
pride to see Lua5 do so well.  :)

Well done.

--Adam
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