Re: [Scutigena-code] Hi scutigena devs

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gabriele renzi <sur...@ya...> writes:

> Hi gurus,

Ciao!

> I just subscribed this list cause, I have to admit I love
> benchmarks, no matter if they mostly mean nothing :)

Cool, glad to have you.

> BTW, I'd like to ask some questions:

> Did you choose to reuse some of the code from doug's shootout? It
> seem there are really little benchmarks (as in different tests) in
> the cvs, compared with doug's.

We have chosen to reuse some of the tests, but we held off on adding
them while we developed the framework.  If we had had too many tests,
making changes to the framework would have been difficult.  As we
begin to stabilize the framework, and generate interest in the
project, I think we can begin to add in some of Doug's tests, as well
as create new ones.

> why are you using ruby 1.7.2 ? I know you're using debian packages,
> but that was a development/unstable version of ruby, so I wonder why
> you did not choose 1.6.8 or 1.8.x (both available for debian/stable)

Salvatore added Ruby... I think the problem was that Ruby 1.8 was
having troubles with inputs that other languages could handle.

As an experiment, try running the Ruby ackermann implementation with
'7' as an argument:

scutigena/tests/ruby/common/src] $ ruby1.7 ./ackermann.ruby 7

Does that work with 1.8 and or 1.6?

Maybe Salvatore can correct me if there is another reason...

> Well, I think I'm going to bother you more in the near future, but
> that's enough for now,

Feel free to ask away:-) We didn't want to publicize the project quite
so early on, but I saw that article on slashdot and decided that now
was as good a time as any!

Saluti da Padova,
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