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adrianhoward on July 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is Clojure so slow?

Don't compare Clojure to C, comparing it to Python or Ruby makes more sense because they're all high-level dynamic languages

For me the more obvious comparison would be with other Lisps. Which, back in the dim past when I was using 'em, were often damn fast.

brlewis on July 10, 2012 [–]

If you're looking for a fast JVM-based Lisp the obvious choice would be Kawa Scheme: http://per.bothner.com/blog/2010/Kawa-in-shootout/

But as fogus said, speed is only one piece of the puzzle. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4223562

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