A blog post examines whether Common Lisp can achieve competitive performance with C using idiomatic code, using the nbody benchmark as a case study. The discussion originated from a Twitter debate about Lisp's performance capabilities compared to newer languages like Koru. The author explores whether Lisp's extensibility philosophy can produce efficient solutions without sacrificing code quality.
Background
The Computer Language Benchmarks Game is a well-known collection of performance tests comparing programming languages. Lisp has historically faced debates about its runtime performance compared to lower-level languages like C.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 3, 2026 at 07:08 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10