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Are people still calling Lisp slow in 2010? That was somewhat true when most programming was done in C. Plenty of languages slower than Lisp have risen to pop
by brlewis 17y ago
Are people still calling Lisp slow in 2010? That was somewhat true when most programming was done in C. Plenty of languages slower than Lisp have risen to popularity since then.
- smanek 17y agoYeah, I find it an odd criticism too - but you'd be surprised how many people still bring it up. I think most people played with Scheme/Lisp in one class in college in the 90's and have been soured on it ever since.
- drats 17y agoIndeed, I thought it was always much faster: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python3&lang2=sbcl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... One of the guys behind R is also looking at moving to a LISP base after considering python: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v38u176xp7j562m3/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/v38u176xp7j562m3/ That said, I will stick with python as I am not a programmer by profession and can't deal with a plethora of languages when I have a good swiss army knife as it is.
- Semiapies 17y agoThere are worse ones to pick.
- csbrooks 17y agoWhat does it mean to call a language "slow", though? It's all relative, and it depends on the problem set. I'm wary of analogies, because they can be tortured into "proving" anything you like. But what's faster, a car or a bike? In a big city during rush hour, a bike could very well be faster than driving. Clearly on the freeway, the car wins out.