>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> writes:
Richard> the f2cl route is not as easy as you might think. While it
Richard> is possible to produce reasonably good numerical code by
Richard> compiling lisp, most compiler-writers have not made much
Richard> effort. I agree with Jim:
Seems like a chicken and egg problem.
Me: Lisp is too slow for numeric work so I'll use FFI for what I need.
Lisp vendor: Hmm, no one uses Lisp for numerics, so we don't have to
make it fast.
CMUCL has always been pretty good for me. I think Allegro is pretty
good too.
Dealing with one FFI is easy, but if you have to support many, it's a
pain.
Ray