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Re: Scheme is too complicated

Jay-

I'm very sorry that I assumed that you didn't know much Scheme,
obviously I was wrong.

> > > In my experience, functional style Scheme code is concise and, unless
> > > you're careful, slow.  
> > 
> > This is an attribute of a particular implementation, not an intrinsic
> > property of the language.
> 
> no, purely functional code is intrinsically slow.

Hmm.  I think your definition of slow and mine are different.  Could
you clarify what you mean when you say 'slow'?  How do you account for
the performance of Stalin?

-russ

--
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot.  C++ makes it
 harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
             -- Bjarne Stroustrup on C++