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by boppo1 1612 days ago
Combine the speed benefits of C++ with the freedom of lisp. I don't think it's possible.
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tom-thistime 1612 days ago
I'm out of date, but compiled LISP doesn't have to be vastly slower than C++. Here they got 2x to 3x: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
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WithinReason 1612 days ago
"Nim was created to be a language as fast as C, as expressive as Python, and as extensible as Lisp."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim_(programming_language)#Des...

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rjsw 1612 days ago
Compiled Common Lisp is fast enough for me.
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