On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Wes Freeman <freeman....@gmail.com> wrote:
> What version of clojure are you guys using, just to understand this a little
> better? I think apply was given a boost in 1.3 or 1.4--I'm a relative
> newbie, myself.

Ah using 1.4 I do see a speedup:

clojure-test.core> (let[t(fn[](apply       + '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10)))] (time(dotimes [_ 1000000] (t))))
"Elapsed time: 832.403941 msecs"
nil
clojure-test.core> (let[t(fn[](applyn 10       + '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10)))] (time(dotimes [_ 1000000] (t))))
"Elapsed time: 368.181313 msecs"
nil

-- 
Ben Wolfson
"Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks,
which may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family
and social life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks
for pleasure." [Larousse, "Drink" entry]

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