- There is a speedup without static or annotation. - Static keep the dynamic semantic, if I understood well the proposal (only direct first-order call are static)
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mark Engelberg <mark.engelb...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Stuart Halloway > <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It will be much easier for people to write fast library code (including > in Clojure and contrib). So if you ever use Clojure libraries, you will get > a speed boost. > > I am skeptical of this claim. Since static functions lose some of > their dynamism, I don't think library writers are going to rush to > convert all their code over to the "fast" format. I think library > writers will care the most about ensuring their functions play well > with Clojure's dynamic ecosystem, and so, as before, type-optimized > code will be written only sparingly. (I'll admit though, I don't > fully understand yet which dynamic features are lost by static > functions, and how much of an impact it will have, so I could be wrong > about this. Just wanted to throw this out as something to consider.) > > -- > 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<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- 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
