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A comment on Wolfram and Lisp Recollections. Parent comment

Re:Wolfram and Lisp Recollections by zandorg on Sunday May 17, 2009 @03:14PM (#613798)
No need to be hostile, I was just detailing my own experience, relevant to the article.
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Re:Wolfram and Lisp Recollections by Zak on Sunday May 17, 2009 @04:15PM (#613906)
And it wasn't a totally unreasonable contribution, but it's important to keep in mind that if you compared CINT to SBCL, you'd probably conclude that Lisp is hundreds of times faster than C.

Here's such a comparison: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all...

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Re:Wolfram and Lisp Recollections by bretthoerner on Sunday May 17, 2009 @04:04PM (#613884)
I don't think it's hostile to point out that Clisp is only interpreted. It points out a flaw in your "C is faster" argument.
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Re:Wolfram and Lisp Recollections by mahmud on Sunday May 17, 2009 @03:53PM (#613862)
I wouldn't have been hostile if you attacked my family and loved ones. My development environment OTOH ..
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Re:Wolfram and Lisp Recollections by omouse on Sunday May 17, 2009 @05:56PM (#613985)
What if your development environment is Emacs and GNU stuff is your family?? :S
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