--- Greg Fitzgerald
while LOC is not perfect, gzip is worse. the gzip change didn't significantly alter the rankings
Currently the gzip ratio of C++ to Python is 2.0, which at a glance, wouldn't sell me on a "less code" argument.
a) you're looking at an average, instead try http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&lang2=gpp b) we're not trying to sell you on a "less code" argument - it's whatever it is
Although the rank stayed the same, did the change reduce the magnitude of the victory?
c) that will have varied program to program, and do you care which way "the magnitude of victory" moved or do you care that where it moved to makes more sense? For fun, 2 meteor-contest programs, ratios to the python-2 program LOC GZ WC ghc-3 0.98 1.40 1.51 gpp-4 3.76 4.14 4.22 Look at the python-2 and ghc-3 source and tell us if LOC gave a reasonable indication of relative program size - is ghc-3 really the smaller program? :-) http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=meteor&lang=all&sort=gz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com