On Aug 11, 1:09 pm, tmountain <tinymount...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, Clojure can be just as fast as Java.
Then why is Andy's code 10x slower? > There's an example on the > Clojure website that illustrates this. > <snip>http://clojure.org/java_interop I've seen that. There is a difference between "I can come up with two snippets in Java and Clojure doing the same thing at the same speed" and "For any Java code, I can write Clojure code that does exactly the same thing just as fast". The difference is in quantification: universal vs existential. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantification#Logic --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---