Re: Lisp vs. Java vs. C++ speed comparison time? [LONG]



On Saturday 03 July 2004 01:42, Camm Maguire wrote:
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> All lisps here are the latest versions in Debian unstable.  GCL was
> run in ANSI mode.  The machine was a dual Xeon 2.4Ghz.  We already
> know that the relative GCL/CMUCL performance can vary somewhat by
> machine, presumably influenced by cache size and cpu/memory bandwidth
> ratios.  It is clear for example that CMUCL is doing a better job on
> the memory layout/access times which predominate in the gc time
> component.  
Is that the reason why  I do not observe the memory leakage with maxima 
computations  that done with cmucl implementation. In opposite, the gcl 
implementation can consume so much memory that I force to restart the 
x-session or even to reboot PC.