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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by xfer on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:09PM (#18370882)
racket compiled binaries are not "native", they are bytecodes jitted during runtime, and jvm's jit is highly performant.
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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by dorfsmay on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:26PM (#18371365)
Oh, so like python. Explains the poor performance. I did not know that. thanks.
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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by gus_massa on Saturday November 03, 2018 @04:07PM (#18372189)
As a broad approximation from the results of The Computer Language Benchmarks Game, Racket is 5 times faster than Python and 5 times slower than C. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... (I can't find a direct comparison of Python-vs-Racket in the site.)

The difference with Python is probably bigger in programs with a big numeric part, and much smaller in programs with a lot of string. Take that number just as a general guide, not as a precise scaling factor.

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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by igouy on Sunday November 04, 2018 @05:56PM (#18378506)
> I can't find a direct comparison of Python-vs-Racket in the site

Now you will.

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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by gus_massa on Friday November 09, 2018 @11:17AM (#18415510)
Why is not everything-vs-everything available?

Racket vs Python is a "common" comparison. I write the same comment once or twice per year :). (Probably because both are high level and have the batteries included. (The syntax is slightly different :) ))

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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by igouy on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:18PM (#18591946)
1) Everything-vs-everything is available, here —

https://salsa.debian.org/benchmarksgame-team/benchmarksgame/...

2) People show interest in just a few comparisons (much much fewer than are currently shown).

3a) Everything-vs-everything is available, here —

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

3b) Everything-vs-everything is available, here —

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

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Re:Ask HN: Companies using Racket? by gameswithgo on Saturday November 03, 2018 @06:55PM (#18372957)
no, python isn't jitted.
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