From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-12-21T04:48:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Best compiled language for extending Ruby

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 11:21:45PM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> MonkeeSage wrote:
> >I think it's safe to say that it can (and does) bite everyone, since
> >the designer of the language says: "Laziness makes it much, much
> >harder to reason about performance, especially space." (SPJ, op. cit.)
> 
> The same could be said for many lower-level language features that are 
> "standard equipment" -- mark and sweep garbage collectors, 
> meta-programming, and even the "while" loop. :)

A while loop should not make it nearly as difficult to reason about
performance as some of those other language features -- unless your
language's while is just that badly implemented.

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Paul Graham: "Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to
build programs out of the wrong concepts."