Re: new language shootout

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

Mike Pall wrote:
> - Seems they accept now the use of external C libraries like NumPy to tune
>   some of the tests (e.g. matrix multiplication). This certainly moves the
>   scope of the shootout from 'language' to 'language + toolset'.

This is a difficult topic, as most high-level functions of most 
languages are made in "external C libraries".

After all, string.gsub for example can be seen as such...

We can put the limit on "C libraries officially distributed with the 
language", but then some "large" languages like Python or Perl have a 
strong advantage here.

On he other hand, you can make an external "Shootout library" where most 
of the "Great Computer Language Shootout" functions are already 
hardcoded in C...

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