From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2006-08-11T04:50:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Been there, done that - language shootout

On 8/10/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
> My assertion is correct.  The fasta benchmark says:
>
> > Each program should:
> > [...]
> > * generate DNA sequences, by weighted random selection from the
> > alphabets (using the pseudo-random number generator from the random
> > benchmark)
>
> And the implemenation:
>
> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?
> test=fasta&lang=ruby&id=0
>
> Contains the random number generator from the random benchmark:
>
> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/old/benchmark.php?
> test=random&lang=ruby&id=0

I did not see this test named 'random' when I looked through the
alioth site earlier today... and I still don't see any links to it
from that site. (I did find it by following your link, however.)

I notice that your second link contains the word 'old'. Perhaps this
benchmark has been withdrawn? If so, I submit that your criticism was
true in the past, but no longer is.