From: Brock Weaver <brockweaver@...>
Date: 2005-08-17T04:03:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Performance

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I feel a lot of love on this thread.

Should I invoke Godwin's Law and put this argument to rest?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Okay.

All benchmarks are the brainchild of Hitler and his nazis.

On 8/16/05, William James <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Austin Ziegler wrote:
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> > Then you simply can't tell. They were. Basically, the shootout you run
> > is -- always has been -- and always will be -- crap. You can take
> > steps to make it honest crap, instead of what it is, though.
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> Doug Bagley, the creator of the original "Great Computer Language
> Shootout", called his system for ranking the languages "CRAPS".
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> It allowed him easily to tinker with the weight assigned to each test
> and hence to make his favorite language come out on top.
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Brock Weaver
http://www.circaware.com

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