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0 pointsigouy3y ago0 comments

I think you just said the Java etc programs could be re-written in a similar way?

And we could add some more rules ("distinguish between an absent child and a child with no children") to reject those Java etc programs.

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morelisp3y ago

> I think you just said the Java etc programs could be re-written in a similar way?

I could rewrite the Go program to return 3 too, but I doubt you’d accept that.

I can only conclude the benchmarks game is bad-faith bullshit at this point.

igouyOP3y ago

> … bad-faith bullshit…

Kudos for actually bothering to "read the rules".

None for ignoring what you read.

The answer to "… but if my language lets me not allocate a node yet still use that node why should I?" is — Because allocate a node is the basis of comparison with the other programs!

Change that for the Go programs and you change that for all the other programs; otherwise just special pleading for Go lang.

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