startup time (was: Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme)

Jon S. Anthony j-anthony at rcn.com
Fri Oct 10 13:34:16 EDT 2003


Bruce Lewis <brlspam at yahoo.com> writes:

> j-anthony at rcn.com (Jon S. Anthony) writes:
> 
> > If your problems are trivial, I suppose the presumed lower startup
> > costs of Python may mark it as a good solution medium.
> 
> I find no significant difference in startup time between python and
> mzscheme.

Category error.  The context (I would have thought) clearly indicated
that "startup costs" concerned the effort needed to use the language!

/Jon




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