One of the hallmarks of pure functional languages is that each “edit” of a data collection creates a new structure that refers back to part of the original. Whi

One of the hallmarks of pure functional languages is that each “edit” of a data collection creates a new structure that refers back to part of the original. Which should be showcased well in a reasonable benchmark. But I haven’t looked at Scheme in 32 years and I was angry about it then so I’m not going to start today. So I will just agree that something is up.