I feel that this question is important enough to warrant its own thread. If you use Java's arrays and declare all types, should Clojure be as fast as the equivalent Java? I had taken this for granted, but empirical evidence indicates otherwise:
Andy's version of the Nbody benchmark still appears to be about 10x slower than Java: Clojure: http://github.com/jafingerhut/clojure-benchmarks/blob/9dc56d8ff53f0b8d363f213317587432bd8793de/n-body/nbody.clj-8.clj Java (runs 21 times): http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=nbody&lang=javasteady&box=1 Why?! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
