Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions aren't)

Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by gnaritas on Saturday January 17, 2009 @12:43PM (#438293)

Try Smalltalk, it has both a modern IDE/Debugger with automatic refactoring support and resumable/restartable exceptions/notifications.

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Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by gruseom on Saturday January 17, 2009 @01:01PM (#438316)

Smalltalk does have some advantages over Lisp, including the ones you mention. But lack of a good debugger isn't enough to make me switch. I like Lisp a lot. Besides, switching to Smalltalk would be more work than writing (modernizing, really) a Lisp debugger.

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Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by stcredzero on Sunday January 18, 2009 @08:28AM (#439308)

Just steal ideas from the Smalltalk debuggers. You can see their source. If you make a copy of the debugger, you can probably even debug and step through the copy debugger in the debugger.

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Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by catch23 on Saturday January 17, 2009 @08:07PM (#438839)

I think people who use lisp, use it because it's lisp and not smalltalk :-).

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Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by gnaritas on Monday January 19, 2009 @10:06AM (#440485)

I think people who use Smalltalk, use it because it's Smalltalk and not Lisp :-).

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