Re: Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, C, C++, Lua, tcl, javascript and Java comparison

[Daniel Bolgheroni <daniel@...>]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 02:24:28PM -0300, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> > Maybe this should be of interest:
> > 
> > http://raid6.com.au/~onlyjob/posts/arena/
> 
> This test is ridiculous.

Yes.

> Whoever wrote the code does not know how to program in Lua (or in Java
> or in Javascript).

Just for the record, I didn't try to make a point. In fact, I'm always
skeptical about benchmarks. It's hard to get it right (and very hard if
you don't know what you're doing), and almost every one fails in one way
or another.

Sorry for the noise.