Philip Goetz wrote:
On 3/23/07, Samantha Atknis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
8,Fast where most of the processing is done.
In the language or in things written in the language or both? Lisp has
been interpreted and compiled simultaneously and nearly seamlessly for 20
years and has efficiency approaching compiled C in many problem domains.
Samantha, you need to provide me with references if you want me to
believe this. No LISP compiler has ever been optimized to any serious
degree AFAIK. The nature of the language makes it difficult to write
efficient code in the first place. And I suspect that these "many
problem domains" don't include any that involve numeric calculations.
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Here are some benchmarks with SBCL lisp and GCC compiled C:
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=sbcl&lang2=gcc
Compared to other high level languages lisp is pretty impressive, but
it's not at the level of C for sure.
-Jeff
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