[FWP] Call for Programs: the "phonecode" benchmark

[Lutz Prechelt <prechelt@ira.uka.de>]

Hi all,

 - Out of the following set of scripting languages:
     Perl, Python, Rexx, Tcl
   do you prefer one over the others?
   [OK, dumb question, but this is a generic posting.]
 - Do you think one is inherently better than the others?
 - Or aren't you sure?

NOW IS THE TIME TO FIND OUT!

I have prepared an interesting small programming problem
and have collected a number of implementations for it in C, C++, Java
and Lisp.
Comparing these programs, one finds that there are substantial 
differences between the different languages (such as for program length,
programming time, run time, memory requirements), but that the differences 
between the individual implementations even within one language are
even larger.

I would now like to extend this investigation to scripting languages:

  o Are differences between implementations using the same language
    smaller or even larger than for "standard" programming languages?

  o Do systematic differences between different scripting languages
    exist?

  o How do the scripting languages compare to standard programming
    languages such as C or Java?
  
If you are interested in participating in this investigation
please create an implementation of the "Phonecode" benchmark
problem in your favorite scripting language and submit it to me.
I will make the results available to you after the evaluation.
The effort required is typically somewhere between 1 and 8 hours.

For a description of the programming problem etc., see
http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/~prechelt/phonecode/

NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM COLLECTION EFFORT CLOSES AT DECEMBER 18, 1999.

Happy programming!

  Lutz

P.S.: You sure know at least ONE other person who might be interested
      in this, right?  Please tell him or her!

      I'd also be happy to hear about other mailing lists for
      which this posting might be appropriate.

Lutz Prechelt  http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/~prechelt/ | Whenever you 
Institut f. Programmstrukturen & Datenorganisation | complicate things,
Universitaet Karlsruhe;  76128 Karlsruhe;  Germany | they get
(Phone: +49/721/608-4068, FAX: +49/721/608-7343)   | less simple.
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