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Exactly. You can't use the results to say that one language is faster than another. It doesn't even make sense. (That's the context of the conversation, see ht
by pbiggar 14y ago
Exactly. You can't use the results to say that one language is faster than another. It doesn't even make sense.
(That's the context of the conversation, see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4851781 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4851781)
- igouy 14y ago>> You can't use the results to say that... << That's a different claim. >> It doesn't even make sense << That depends on what `notJim` meant by "to compare speeds of programming languages". `notJim` might have thought that everyone would understand he was talking about particular language implementations and particular tasks and particular programs.