Re: proposal to package
On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 07:04:05PM -0800, Jonathan Walther wrote:
>
> 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).
Thank you for your information. Well, probably I misunderstood what you
wrote. About the syntax of scheme... I'll only say something about it when I
have actually seen what Scheme looks like ;)
Marcus
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