Re: proposal to package
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Are you sure about this? Well, it depends on the compiler, but C++ hardly
> causes any ovberhead to your programs, and C++ *should* not be any slower
> than C.
There is no reason why Scheme should incur much overhead compared to C
either. And with the optimizations, it doesn't. The fact that its
"properly tail recursive" has a lot to do with that, as it discusses in
SICP.
> I would be interested in reasons why the code can be 2x slower than C and
> faster than tight C++ at the same time...
Average Scheme code is 2x slower.... Well written Scheme code is on par
with well written C++ code. (but much clearer and easier to understand,
and WAY easier syntax).
Jonathan
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