marek@msel.unh.edu (Marek W Lugowski) (04/11/91)
Has it been the people's (users') experience that the current state of the art in Lisp (perhaps specifically Allegro's Presto system, but not only) is such that the compiled code runs as fast and in as small a space as C++ or C? We're looking for real-time embedded applications and would like to know what the users think. -- Marek P.s. Please respond by mail and I will summarize.
baechler@disuns2.epfl.ch (Emmanuel Baechler) (04/12/91)
In article <1991Apr11.133331.19775@unhd.unh.edu>, marek@msel.unh.edu (Marek W Lugowski) writes: > > Has it been the people's (users') experience that the current state > of > the art in Lisp (perhaps specifically Allegro's Presto system, but > not > only) is such that the compiled code runs as fast and in as small a > space as C++ or C? > I didn't do benchmarks, but people using Allegro Common Lisp in our lab find its speed perfectly adequate (its weakness lies on its developpment environnment (compared with a lisp machine)). However, they are not doing real time systems. Anyway, even if it would be a little bit slower than C, I find much more comfortable to use Common Lisp than a structured assembly language. E. Baechler AI Lab. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne MA - Ecublens 1015 Lausanne Swizterland baechler@liasun4.epfl.ch Standard disclaimer