Re: Just how fast is LISP?

Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>
Thu, 21 Nov 91 01:30:38 est

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From: Raul Deluth Miller-Rockwell <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>
Keywords: Lisp, performance
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References: 91-11-072 91-11-080
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 01:30:38 est

Perry Schmidt:
      **Note: I can't find the source for the quote, but I remember
      reading some AI book claiming that LISP is as fast or faster than
      traditional prog. langs. in math intensive programs.


I used to have an MIT-LCS Tech Report talking about a MACLISP compiler
which would generate the same code for numeric applications as a
FORTRAN compiler. Of course, you did have to do FORTRAN-like things
(declare floating point variables, for instance).


While one may argue about the value of this approach, it is certainly
true that identical object code will run the same speed, no matter
what the source language.


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