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It must not be forgotten that performance isn't always the main concern, let alone the only one. And yeah, the expressiveness/speed ratio of Lisp is great.
by ealhad 9y ago
It must not be forgotten that performance isn't always the main concern, let alone the only one.
And yeah, the expressiveness/speed ratio of Lisp is great.
- FrozenVoid 9y agoI don't deny it, just that that expressiveness has a cost and Lisp advocates assume that cost is negligible, while in reality it is important(Lisp Machines were created just so that Lisp would run at acceptable speed)
- lispm 9y agoLisp Machines were developed as a new breed of computers: personal workstations for AI researchers. Starting in the 80s a lot of people/companies made Lisp run with 'acceptable speed' on more conventional Personal Computers, once these got available.
- ealhad 9y agoThe thing is, back in the 80s (before I was even born!), the cost was huge, but it has stayed the same until now. So, yeah, it cannot best good C/C++, or even optimized Java, but it still outperforms any scripting language. You know what they say, the right tool for the right job.