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How does your compiler do it? 1 62 (1/9/2007 6:40:19 PM) comp.lang.misc Marco van de Voort wrote: >> As a wild generalization the Java programs contributed haven't been as >> good as the programs contributed for some other languages. With >> spectral-norm the Java program really is... Isaac

Misstating the Evidence for Agile and Iterative Development 26 70 (6/12/2006 7:14:46 PM) comp.software.extreme-programming I'd like to thank Ron Jeffries for putting "Misstating the Evidence for Agile and Iterative Development" on his website. http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/gouy.htm ... Isaac

Ruby high on Computer Language Shootout scores! 2 36 (3/22/2006 1:25:21 AM) comp.lang.ruby Now that we're using GZip source code bytes as an indicator of program size, Ruby is high up on The Computer Language Shootout scores. No doubt Ruby will be at the top once someone contributes those 2 missing p... Isaac

Computer Language Shootout 4 45 (12/5/2005 10:12:27 PM) comp.lang.basic.visual.misc We've just installed MonoBASIC http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/basic.php Please contribute missing BASIC programs or faster more-elegant BASIC programs. Please follow the FAQ instructions http://shootou... Isaac

Why Tcl? The Computer Language Shootout 50 31 (12/1/2005 8:07:40 PM) comp.lang.tcl The "Why Tcl?" discussion prompts me to ask once more to ask for Tcl programs. We seem to have fixed the previous Tcl installation problems, so the only thing preventing Tcl looking it's best are the missing p... Isaac

Maximum stack depth Ackermann redux 0 27 (11/30/2005 9:26:14 PM) comp.lang.ruby Glenn Parker wrote: > Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > > > > Ruby uses C stack, so that you need to use ulimit to specify a limit > > on stack depth. > > Thank you for the tip, but I'm afraid ulimit is not an option... Isaac

Computer Language Shootout 14 14 (11/29/2005 9:05:07 PM) comp.lang.python We don't have Python implementations for one program, and a couple of the Python programs we do have show Error. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&lang2=python Please contri... igouy

Computer Language Shootout 3 52 (11/29/2005 8:01:28 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc We don't have Perl implementations for a couple of programs, and a couple of the Perl programs we do have show Error. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=perl&lang2=perl&sort=fullcpu ... igouy

Computer Language Shootout 0 20 (7/27/2005 7:25:44 PM) comp.lang.javascript We now have a JavaScript implementation in The Computer Language Shootout. If you can help fix errors in the existing JavaScript programs http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/old/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=javas... Isaac

SpiderMonkey standalone commandline & stdio 3 112 (6/21/2005 7:43:00 PM) comp.lang.javascript 1) Running a standalone script with SpiderMonkey on Linux js -f scriptfile.js scriptarg How can I get the value of scriptarg from within the JavaScript scriptfile? 2) Running a standalone script with Spid... Isaac

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n-body problem at shootout.alioth.debian.org 21 37 (10/6/2006 7:43:10 PM) comp.lang.python I have noticed that in the language shootout at shootout.alioth.debian.org the Python program for the n-body problem is about 50% slower than the Perl program. This is an unusual big difference. I tried to make... peter.maas1 (48)

references about the beauty of functional programming ? 90 15 (10/8/2006 8:10:09 AM) comp.lang.functional Hi all, I need few references (books, scientific articles, ...)to justify the following claims: - Functional languages are known to be concise and programs written in such languages are therefore easier to m... doesntexist

ada is getting spanked :( 42 37 (10/28/2006 4:29:57 PM) comp.lang.ada I just got wind of this site. It would seem that ada, while not at the very bottom, is one of the slowest languages in this benchmark competition: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org ... charles.w.lambert (14)

Optimize lisp program 22 24 (11/23/2006 11:01:00 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hello! I am trying to solve a problem at online programmnig contest (https://www.spoj.pl/problems/PIGBANK/). My program is asymptotically efficient but I am getting "Time limit exceeded". I suspect I should op... anton.belyaev (20)

smalltalk resources for ruby hackers? 8 20 (12/5/2006 10:23:04 PM) comp.lang.ruby I've been coding in Ruby almost exclusively for about six months, and playing with advanced features. My background is a little Ruby, a little Python, a little Java, and a ton of Perl. Any advice on learning Sm... gilesb (687)

Status of Cardinal (was Re: Proposal to create a new mailing list) 45 22 (12/30/2006 5:04:20 PM) comp.lang.ruby On 12/30/06, Gregory Seidman wrote: > [deleted] Cardinal (Ruby on Parrot, which may or may not be dead) It's not dead, it's pining for the fjords. No, actually, Kevin Tew, the maintainer, has been bogged dow... pat.eyler (437)

Py 2.5 on Language Shootout 14 16 (1/19/2007 9:30:55 PM) comp.lang.python The The Computer Language Shootout has just published results for Python 2.5 and Psyco 1.5.2. Comparing the old (Python 2.4) Gentoo Pentium 4 results (now not visible anymore) with the new results, I have seen ... bearophileHUGS (1308)

My newbie annoyances so far 25 15 (4/27/2007 3:34:42 PM) comp.lang.python Python is not VB and Python is not Java and Python is not Ruby and Python is not any other language that is not Python. 1. Functions cannot be called without the parens (like in VB) 2. Python uses some naming... ptmcg (800)

F# performance benchmarks 95 24 (8/29/2007 9:43:41 PM) comp.lang.functional Having been using F# for many months now and typically seeing a slowdown when porting OCaml code to F#, I was pleasantly surprised to find that F# is already much faster than OCaml on some interesting benchmar... jon (3267)

Concurency in the functional world 96 24 (11/16/2007 10:18:48 PM) comp.lang.functional One popular claim found in litterateur about functional programming is that programs written in this class of languages is very suitable for concurrent execution, or interpretation. Due to factors like referent... arne.hansenNOSPAM1 (4)