It seems odd to me that the language shootout is so "algorithmic", and that there doesn't seem to be a test that works through a lot of string manipulation. Mo

It seems odd to me that the language shootout is so "algorithmic", and that there doesn't seem to be a test that works through a lot of string manipulation. Most web apps seem to simply generate a bunch of useless beans and womp through strings in prepared statements and page templates. Benchmark that???