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by rscho 35 days ago
https://rhombus-lang.org/performance.html
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Thanks to Chez Scheme I guess...
Yes, Chez Scheme is fast but it took a lot of time (a few years!) to make the compiler translate Rhombus/Racket code to fast Chez Scheme code. And there are still a few rough corners to fix...

Also, Matthew implemented flonum unboxing to make code that uses a lot of floating points like x10 faster. I added type recovery, that gives a 10% boost in many cases. And I'm probably missing a few similar features.

In most cases the Chez Scheme team also was involved. Those changes were upstreamed, so you can enjoy them in Rhombus, Racket and Chez Scheme.