Slow as molases? I will assume you have actually written quite a bit in it since you seem to like s-expressions and I really can't think of any other language other than lisps that use them.
With that in mind, what other lisps are running circles against common-lisp? I would love to give those languages a try. From my experience sbcl common-lisp is about equal to Go and Java which I consider pretty fast languages.
Its not as fast as C,C++,Rust but when I think of slow I think of Python, not lisps.
> With that in mind, what other lisps are running circles against common-lisp?
Well, I haven't tried any of the Linear Lisps, but as far as I know it's the fastest Lisp. That said, well-written C or Fortran will run circles around it.
> From my experience sbcl common-lisp is about equal to Go and Java which I consider pretty fast languages.
SBCL is amazing, it's really fast (though LW beats it in certain situations), but it's in the same class as Go and Java, which I consider dog slow. Modern computers are really, really, stupendously, ludicrously fast; but many programming languages don't give our computers a chance to really shine, which is a shame.
Basically it's like... an F1 car is really fast as long as you don't compare it to a fighter jet.
With that in mind, what other lisps are running circles against common-lisp? I would love to give those languages a try. From my experience sbcl common-lisp is about equal to Go and Java which I consider pretty fast languages.
Its not as fast as C,C++,Rust but when I think of slow I think of Python, not lisps.