is this a rigged test?

From: kloro2006@xxxxxxxxx (Tom Arnall)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:37:33 -0800

is this a rigged test? at:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?\
test=partialsums&lang=perl&id=3

i find a 'partial-sums' benchmark coded in Perl, in which what should be a
constant is coded as a subroutine call!!! I looked at the same benchmark for
Python and they use a constant. is this for real?

the partial-sums code was all i checked.

tom arnall
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