>>A better comparison would be with another language that uses automatic memory management…<< The default comparison is to Java: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.d

>>A better comparison would be with another language that uses automatic memory management…<< The default comparison is to Java: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/lisp.html http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/lisp.html >>I'm assuming the optimization/safety settings are…<< They are shown: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/program.php?test=nbody&lang=sbcl&id=2#log http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/program.php?tes...