4 Nov
2009
4 Nov
'09
12:19 a.m.
ok:
On Nov 4, 2009, at 9:30 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote:
So what's the deal with Clean? Why is it preferable to Haskell? Why is it not?
(1) Speed.
I'd strongly argue that speed is not a reason to use Clean -- esp. if you have more than one core: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ghc&lang2=clean&box=1 Nor a reason to use OCaml, for that matter: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ghc&lang2=ocaml&box=1 The Haskell compiler isn't the bottleneck. Use it when performance matters. I do. Reading the OP's statements, though, it seems picking the right library is more of a problem. And widespread expertise in fast Haskell. -- Don