Re:Comparing Languages for Engineering Server Software: Erla...
by willtim on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:02AM
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I can certainly see merit in that idea. The problem is that it's often not clear what the idiomatic style for a particular language applied to a particular problem is. Many of the Haskell solutions also look quite old, predating for example the now standard Haskell "Vector" library.
It's a useful resource, but I think we should we wary of making very general remarks based on the results.
Re:Comparing Languages for Engineering Server Software: Erla...
by igouy on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:15PM
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We should we wary of making very general remarks, period.
The benchmarks game is not restricted to "the idiomatic style" so it isn't a problem that "the idiomatic style" for a particular problem is often not clear.
> Many of the Haskell solutions also look quite old…
We would be very happy to accept new programs:
https://salsa.debian.org/benchmarksgame-team/benchmarksgame/...
So it's a good thing that those "benchmarks do not compare like-for-like" because that allows the inclusion of idiomatic Haskell code?