"D. Tweed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> "Ch. A. Herrmann" wrote:
>>> I believe that if as much research were spent on Haskell compilation as
>>> on C compilation, Haskell would outperform C.
> Unless I've got a dramatically distorted view of the amount of research
> that goes on for imperative vs functional languages, and C vs haskell it
> seems that they get, to an order of magnitude, the same amount of
> research.
I think a more appropriate term (and more directly responsible for C
performance) would be "engineering effort". Having a well-performing
C compiler is a sine qua non for most computer manufacturers. (We
really need to get a Haskell program into SPEC.)
-kzm
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