The Computer Languages Shootout Game

[Walter Bright]

Isaac Gouy wrote:
>> Nobody would believe benchmarks on the D web site. Heck, I don't believe
>> any benchmarks published by the developers of any language.
> When you publish the source code of the programs, and the compile and build
> logs, and the compiler and linker versions, and the OS the measurements were
> made on, ... others don't have to just "believe" because they can try to
> confirm the measurements for themselves.


It's true, they can, but they don't. I have nearly 30 years of experience with this.