Re: meaningfully/compellingly "advertising" Ada on StackOverflow

[Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>]

Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:

> Lucretia <laguest9000@googlemail.com> writes:
>> You don't get the point I made. That "benchmark" is to see how fast
>> different languages go using the same algorithm, without using any
>> safety features. If you hobble Ada by including them, you will make
>> people think it's really slow. It's not about the safety features. Do
>> you get it now?
>
> No.  The Python and Haskell programs are slow because Python and Haskell
> also have safety features.  The data signals the right conclusion: C is
> dangerous and fast, while Python and Haskell are safe and slow.  A
> completely standard cost-benefit tradeoff.  As a user I appreciate being
> presented with this info so I can make an informed choice.

Small point...  There's no C version, only a C++ version.  I just made a
C version and it seems to take about %85 the time of the C++ one.

Even more off-topic point: I think all the programs would be faster if
they did a conventional lookup, but they all use split and merge to
find matching values.  Is there an algorithmic reason for this?

<snip>
> I like Dan'l Miller's suggestion of having two Ada benchmarks, giving
> both the safe and unsafe measurements.  Then people can decide what's
> relevant to their own requirements.

Some of the other languages are represented with multiple versions,
presumably for similar reasons.

-- 
Ben.