Benchmark game challenge and some optimization questions

Not to denegrate the benchmark game etc but those excited about benchmarking should take a look at my post RE the Pure Julia HINT benchmark

HINT was designed as a different kind of benchmark, first off it measures convergence rate of a numerical calculation, and second off it does so over a range of different memory usages, so it measures memory bandwidth issues and shows a certain 1D “structure” of a computers performance.

Hoping to get some interest in reviving this great benchmark from benchmark fans. I would be happy to contribute after recovering from COVID… :pensive::face_with_thermometer::sneezing_face: