From: Martin Ankerl <martin.ankerl@...>
Date: 2005-03-17T23:04:46+09:00
Subject: Re: new language shootout

> Get the creator of each language to write the code? Really come up
> with a decent small but complex task and approach Wall, Gosling, Matz,
> Guido, Straustrope(?) and so on and ask them if they would be willing
> to participate.

Well I think it will work better as a community-thing. I try to write 
down specifications of small but complex programs, create a ruby 
version, and post it here to let the community make it more rubyesque. 
But for this I need interesting and representative programs, and this is 
kind of difficult.


> They could use whatever novel approach their language
> affords for doing it, it would be interesting to see the results.

That's the idea, the shootout should help to find the right tool for the 
right job.

martinus