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Re: [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?
In article <m3d79poxgu.fsf@localhost.localdomain>, Lieven Marchand
<mal@wyrd.be> wrote:
> Is there at this moment a Dylan compiler that beats a good CL compiler
> on equivalent code?
I don't know -- are there any non-trivial programs available for both?
I would be surprised if Fun-O wasn't at least as good as any Windows CL
compiler. Gwydion is a bit more patchy -- on fairly static code it can
do as well as C for many things, but our GF dispatch code isn't
currently all that fast. Mind you, it may well match things like CMUCL.
> Theoretically, the Dylan compiler can potentially
> do better by the sealing constructs, but that's about the only
> difference I see between CL and Dylan w.r.t. possible optimisation.
I agree, if CL lets you declare integers to not be arbitrary precision.
Oh, and I don't think CL has a good alternative for Dylan's "limited
collections" either.
I'm happy to be corrected.
-- Bruce
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