Clojure's (defn fib [n] (if (or (zero? n) (= n 1)) 1 (+ (fib (dec n) ) (fib (- n 2)))))
(time (fib 36)) "Elapsed Time: 10475.325226 msecs" 24157817 Scala's def fib(n:Int):Int=if (n==0||n==1)1 else fib(n-1)+fib(n-2) def time(cal: =>Int)={ val beginTime=System.currentTimeMillis cal val endTime=System.currentTimeMillis println(endTime-beginTime) } fib(36) res70:Int=24157817 time(fib(36)) 263 Both not tail recursive,both running on Repl (scala's interpreter),but the difference between two is huge 10475~263 My box : Intel core2 cpu 1.86G,2G mem Clojure and scala both latest build from svn any ideas? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---