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by pron 23 days ago
A website that doesn't give people the relevant context for the data it offers is not a good website, especially when the data cannot be understood without that context and the context is not at all well known. That people may misinterpret the information if it were given to them doesn't change that.

> Whatever the explanation, it would never be sufficient for you.

Since I work on compilers and runtimes I know just how small the coverage offered on that website is. For me, no benchmark suite may ever be enough. Still, offering some of the information that is needed to put the results into context would be better than offering none.

Again, I'm not saying that the website is intentionally misleading and I have nothing against the people behind it. They may have a very good reason for why it's of such low quality. I'm just pointing out that it is.