Java is much slower than C++ which is slower than LISP. Smalltalk?

Peter William Lount peter at ActiveInfo.ca
Sat Sep 8 17:01:26 UTC 2001


Hi,

The article "Lisp as an Alternative to Java",
http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/public/home/gat/lisp-study.html, is very
interesting. http://slashdot.org/developers/01/09/08/0113203.shtml may be of
interest if you what to see people's comments to the article.

The question that I have is how does Smalltalk fit into this?

There was an article that compared Smalltalk with C++ a few years back.
(Anyone have a copy or know where a copy of it is? It was on the Smalltalk
Industry Council site and may have been done by IDC?) Smalltalk won hands
down on all counts including speed, which was suprising. The reasons for
Smalltalk's victory? Faster development times. Less complex programs. Better
class library that performs better. Less memory usage for large systems.
Easier to program and understand.

What do you think?

All the best,

Peter





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