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hayley-patton on May 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: D-Expressions: Lisp power, Dylan style [pdf]

Implementations interpret, languages don't; PyPy compiles and is about half the speed of V8. But one should put micro trust in a micro benchmark in general.

jjtheblunt on May 21, 2024 [–]

You just reminded me that ive not seen jython or ironpython for years…now curious how they fare!

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