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Lisp as an Alternative to Java

Posted by Hemos on from the dear-lord dept.

Joseph Dale writes "Lisp as an Alternative to Java is a detailed and well-reasoned study comparing Lisp to Java and C++ in terms of execution time, memory consumption, and developer effort. The author, Erann Gat, was the principal software architect for the Mars Science Microrover, the prototype for the Mars Pathfinder rover."

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  1. Yarr! Parenthesis! by rebelcool · · Score: 1, Redundant
    LISP - Lots of Increasingly Stupid Parenthesis

    Heh, seriously though, lisp is nice if you're into functional programming and need the easy morphism that it allows. I prefer java, but thats because I learned that kind of programming before functional, and never quite got the hang of it.

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