davis@barbes.ilog.fr (Harley Davis) (01/22/91)
In article <106389@cc.utah.edu> RCAPENER@cc.utah.edu writes: > If we start with C and > then add in various libraries, it starts to look fairly large too. In C, you do not add in the libraries. You add in ONLY those functions from that library that you requested. For example, if you have the log() function in your code, the -lm directive to the link loader extracts only the log() function, not every function in the library! In other words, you pay for only what you need, no more. I would say that most C executable programs are 1/2 the size of a LISP program (including the overhead of the LISP system) for any moderately large system. I think it was clear that Jeff was talking about the size of the language itself, as represented, for example, in the weight of the ANSI C specification, not the size of applications developed in the language. There is no special reason why some Lisp dialect using modules could not use the same kind of linkers which C uses to limit final application size. Hope this clears up ANY confusion about the language C. Personally, I like both LISP and C, so please don't flame me. I like both Bordeaux and beer. To each his own. -- Harley -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Harley Davis internet: davis@ilog.fr ILOG S.A. uucp: ..!mcvax!inria!ilog!davis 2 Avenue Gallie'ni, BP 85 tel: (33 1) 46 63 66 66 94253 Gentilly Cedex France