Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
The Computer Language Benchmarks Game
open-in-new
<p>The Computer Language Benchmarks Game (formerly called The Great Computer Language Shootout) is a <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a> project for comparing how a given subset of simple <a href="/facts/Algorithms/fnl5NmRt">algorithms</a> can be implemented in various popular <a href="/facts/Programming_languages/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a>. </p><p>The project consists of: </p> <ul><li>A set of very simple algorithmic problems (thirteen in total)</li> <li>Various implementations to the above problems in various programming languages</li> <li>A set of unit tests to verify that the submitted implementations solve the problem statement</li> <li>A framework for running and timing the implementations</li> <li>A website to facilitate the interactive comparison of the results</li></ul>