Heya, On Tue 22 Jun 2010 21:18, Michael Lucy <michaelgl...@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm generating some code, and I was wondering if: > ((lambda (x) (* x 2)) 3) > is significantly less efficient than: > (* 3 2) ((lambda (x) y) z) is reduced to (let ((x z)) y) at compile-time. We don't inline x yet, though we will soon. Verily: scheme@(guile-user)> ,c ((lambda (x) (* x 2)) 3) Disassembly of #<objcode 8b98968>: 0 (assert-nargs-ee/locals 8) 2 (make-int8 3) ;; 3 4 (local-set 0) 6 (local-ref 0) 8 (make-int8 2) ;; 2 10 (mul) 11 (return) scheme@(guile-user)> ,c (* 2 3) Disassembly of #<objcode 8eac318>: 0 (assert-nargs-ee/locals 0) 2 (make-int8 2) ;; 2 4 (make-int8 3) ;; 3 6 (mul) 7 (return) Andy -- http://wingolog.org/
