[Joe]

Im guessing you are talking to jaydee, since my point while maybe badly presented, was essentially what you said. Pointing out that a standard testing method isnt allways the best for the end user or hobbiest to get instant "my implementation" info. But it is data that is standardized, consistent, and repeatable.

Maybe people just got used to being spoon fed all to often with stuff that was easily comparible to their implementation. (which in reality was still not that simple... but people wanted it to be...)