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Does Clojure really compete closely in overall performance with other immutable-first languages like OCaml/Standard ML?
by eatonphil 4y ago
Does Clojure really compete closely in overall performance with other immutable-first languages like OCaml/Standard ML?
- eatonphil 4y agoThis is all a bit of a distraction though. > The only reason Clojure is viable for production use is because it relies on the really good JVM GCs. How will Jank try to solve the the GC problem? I think this original statement is wrong because people are fine with poor performance (see Python, Ruby) if the language (ecosystem) is effective. And Clojure is effective (IMO) moreso because of the JVM ecosystem not the JVM's performance.
- reitzensteinm 4y agoI think you're underestimating how slow a naive implementation would be. The only Clojure implementations that have gained traction are built on top of both great JITs and GCs.