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Cookie Clicker cover artvsTIS-100 cover art

Cookie ClickervsTIS-100

Cookie Clicker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); TIS-100 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Cookie ClickerTIS-100

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 0

Cookie Clicker leans harder on variance: Golden cookie timing randomness

Optimization9 vs 10

TIS-100 leans harder on optimization: Pure program optimisation against cycle histograms

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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