[...] we need to get teams to go no-holds barred in the creation of the best possible codes for each language.
Most programmers I know don't have a lot of time on their hands, so the code that they produce is usually strightforward and far from 'best possible' in terms of efficiency. Their code is 'good enough'.
Another way of getting a fair comparison would be to have competent programmers produce what they think is the most straightforward solution to a set of common problems.
A comparison of legible, maintainable code is something other than a comparison of highly optimized code, but I think that both views can be interesting.
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Most programmers I know don't have a lot of time on their hands, so the code that they produce is usually strightforward and far from 'best possible' in terms of efficiency. Their code is 'good enough'.
Another way of getting a fair comparison would be to have competent programmers produce what they think is the most straightforward solution to a set of common problems.
A comparison of legible, maintainable code is something other than a comparison of highly optimized code, but I think that both views can be interesting.