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Re:Intel Fortran now 20% faster than C, fastest language on ... by igouy on Saturday January 14, 2012 @12:06PM (#3464596)
> Is that denialism?

It isn't any kind of ism.

> What is bad about median is that...

Again, that's what's bad about the median as the sole characterisation of the measurements - but the median is not presented as the sole characterisation of the measurements.

The outlier Fortran measurements are there for all to see.

Some variation on the distance-weighted estimator might work here -

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/which-language-is-bes...

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