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On Jul 30, 9:10=A0am, Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauh...@futureapps.de>
wrote:
-snip-
> Conclusions
> (so far, if the above can be reproduced):
>
> A fair bit of Ada's disadvantage is remedied by using
> Inline; another drag is Text_IO which is indeed slow.
> Real world needs might (and will) consider I/O
> routines that use OS functions, much like C on Unix does,
> more or less.
>
> The seemingly shaky results (if confirmed) also let me
> think that without constant attention, the Shootout
> can give a wrong impression (for any language :).


"shaky results"? Didn't you confirm those results yourself?

Sure we might hope a different program would give better results, and
instructions for contributing better programs are given in the FAQ.


-snip-
> In the overall rating, failing programs or missing programs
> used to add to where a language was rated IIRC?

Not true for the last several years.