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Re: string vs list processing
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Michael Livshin |
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Re: string vs list processing |
Date: |
16 Apr 2001 15:42:58 +0300 |
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Sascha Ziemann <address@hidden> writes:
> Is it right, that in Guile list processing is much faster than string
> processing?
"processing" is not precise enough.
it is certainly true that consing new pairs is *much* faster than
consing new strings, since the latter involves calling `malloc'.
that seems to explain your results.
> Or is it possible that the above result could be caused
> by the way I have compiled or installed Guile?
probably not.
--
All ITS machines now have hardware for a new machine instruction --
CIZ
Clear If Zero.
Please update your programs.
- string vs list processing, Sascha Ziemann, 2001/04/16
- Re: string vs list processing,
Michael Livshin <=
- Re: string vs list processing, Sascha Ziemann, 2001/04/16
- Re: string vs list processing, Sascha Ziemann, 2001/04/16
- Re: string vs list processing, Harvey J. Stein, 2001/04/16
- Re: string vs list processing, Michael Livshin, 2001/04/16
- Re: string vs list processing, Harvey J. Stein, 2001/04/16
- Re: string vs list processing, Michael Livshin, 2001/04/16
Re: string vs list processing, Masao Uebayashi, 2001/04/16