Re: C++ vs. Scheme

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

David Feuer wrote:
> On 4/4/06, Pedro Kröger <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Paul Scott <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > It's simple.  Scheme code will probably never run as fast as C++.
> > Unless, of couse, one uses a scheme compiler that can generate fast
> > code, like bigloo [1].
>
> Or a Scheme system like PLT that uses JIT compilation (mzscheme),
> supports separate compilation for time critical sections (mzc), and
> has a foreign function interface for C++ and C.  The big advantage? 
> Rapid development.  If Scheme isn't fast enough for some things, they
> can be written in C. I suspect there are few of those.

The choice for GUILE is mostly historical, and I'm all for switching to 
Mz, but I fear that such a move involves a tremendous amount of work, 
due to API differences.

You're welcome to give an Mz port a try, if you think it's feasible.


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