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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by sampullman on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:52AM (#50338553)
A compiled functional language doesn't (have to) have much overhead compared to a dynamic language with a fancy runtime.
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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by SoftTalker on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:08AM (#50338880)
The same could be said of a compiled OO language though couldn't it?
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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by sampullman on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:48PM (#50342617)
Yes, of course! I may have misunderstand the thread, I just meant to address the smalltalk vs functional comparison.

Although I guess smalltalk has had a (JIT) compiler for a long time, so it's more about runtime/bytecode efficiency (with dynamic types) vs native compilation.

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