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Previous discussion from 3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24696939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24696939 Does anyone know how this co

• bjoli 6y ago
  As it compiles through C it can use many of the optimizations of the C compiler. The code it produces seems, in general, slightly slower than chicken, but with a more uneven profile. On the other hand it seems like a nice environment! It uses cheney on the MTA, which mean free call/cc among some other things. Other than that? It seems like package managers are finally coming to scheme. Good. Chicken has been the only one with a proper one for quite some time. Roughly the same speed as chicken means fast enough for most tasks. Probably some orders of magnitude faster than python for things that are actually written in python and not just glue between C function calls.
• GeorgeKangas 6y ago
  I believe Chicken & Cyclone both: ..transpile to C for speed, ..have an interpreter (REPL) for convenience, ..use *Cheney on the MTA* to support: ....continuations ....1st generation of GC. If I'm wrong, thx in advance for corrrection.