On Sunday 05 July 2009 23:19:31 fft1976 wrote: > On Jul 5, 10:53 am, igorrumiha <igorrum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it's safe to say that once again it's proved that Clojure > > easily matches the Java level of performance. > > I think one shouldn't generalize from one [unverified] example. > > Personally, I'll wait for Jon Harrop or someone to port the relevant > Shootout benchmarks or his "Ray tracing" benchmark to Clojure and see > what time they get and what the code looks like.
That's a fantastic idea! Let's try porting my ray tracer to Clojure. Incidentally, Java's performance was extremely variable on the ray tracer benchmark. All of the other submissions I received were substantially slower than the one currently on the site. I forget why but I remember thinking it was an innocuous-looking tweak at the time... -- Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---