[gambit-list] Parameter objects performance Q

Jörg F. Wittenberger Joerg.Wittenberger at softeyes.net
Wed Mar 11 17:44:26 EDT 2020


On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:07:09 -0400
Marc Feeley <feeley at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> As Hendrik points out, the complexity is brought about (or exposed)
> by continuations.
> 
> The same can be said of letrec which can behave unintuitively

I can't agree more.

These are all those details, which need to be explained when justifying
the summary that "parameters are expensive".  The runtime lookup cost
by itself may easily become negligible.

Jörg






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