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Re:Optimization Example: Mandelbrot Set (part 1) by igouy on Monday February 19, 2024 @05:34PM (#39435650)
> … benchmarksgame … missing the point

"We ask that contributed programs not only give the correct result, but also use the same algorithm to calculate that result."

In the vain hope that experts would contribute comparable programs written in different languages, so that the performance of different language implementations could be compared.

Let's say that again: compare language implementations — not compare algorithms.

Instead of that vain hope, we're left with transliterations — https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

> not only is GPU banned

"banned"? Really.

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