Comment by shakna
19 days ago
Yeah, know of it. But no IO, filesystem, network or otherwise. Never found it altogether great as an actual benchmark other than for raw computation.
Not bad at comparing compilers and optimisation. Great for checking R7RS compliance. Not what I'd trust to make decisions with.
That's how I see it, too. I used these benchmarks early in Hoot's development as a rough measure of r7rs compliance and only occasionally as a guide for improving performance. I never published my results but I had Hoot passing more of the benchmarks than Guile itself, which I found funny.