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Andys on May 29, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Tw...

If comparing languages was all about benchmarking, wouldn't we all be just using assembler?

stcredzero on May 29, 2008 [–]

Well, there are function points/LOC. I guess you don't want to go only on voting records either. But they are important. Unquantifiables are important too.

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