Re: Computer Language Shootout

[byhoe@greenlime.com (Adrian Hoe)]

Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<1aKyQDuwXbPB@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
> If Ada becomes a member of the language "club" this fellow runs,
> it might be possible to suggest additional problems for the group.
> 
> When I had a discussion with him some months ago his attitude on
> new languages seemed to be a matter of waiting until he personally
> had time to deal with them.


Personally, I think the effort is in good intention. Remember the
disclaimers he wrote, "I'm just a beginner in many of these languages,
so if you can help me improve any of the solutions, please drop me an
email. Thanks." This could help providing some useful insight. I have
not see erlang, OCAMl, and most of the other languages, like mlton,
stalin, mercury, smlnj and all other funny names. When I take a look
at those codes, clearly readbility is low, perhaps near to zero, and
it took me sometime to vaguely understand those code.

The shootout, of course, is not well designed and managed but
certainly has a lot to improve:

1. with plentyful of experienced software engineers in CLA, can
provide a proven methodology for the purpose.

2. Provide clearly written Ada code for comparison and I am confident
Ada will win the war in this area.

What do you think?