From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-08-18T06:39:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Been there, done that - language shootout

On 8/10/06, Caleb Clausen <vikkous@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 benchmark has been withdrawn?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.

I agree that the presence of "/old/" (vs. "/gc4/") in the URL probably
indicates that the "random" benchmark has been removed from most
locations. There was an actual link to it, however, from the FASTA
benchmark description page. Specifically, on this page:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=fasta&lang=all

At the bottom, under "about the fasta benchmark", in the second bullet
point. That's the *current* page for the FASTA benchmark, so maybe
that page just needs to be updated to remove that constraint?

Jacob Fugal