I do the following (with range-length 1e8): (time (let [[t d] (split-with #(< % 12) (range range-length))] [(count d) (count t)]))
(time (let [[t d] (split-with #(< % 12) (range range-length))] (into [] (reverse [(count t) (count d)])))) This gives: "Elapsed time: 68105.338314 msecs" [99999988 12] "Elapsed time: 11545.667394 msecs" [99999988 12] So the first expression takes as six times as long to evaluate. I understood that this has to do with that in the first case there is head retention. But I do not understand this. What is happening here? -- Cecil Westerhof -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.