Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!dickey From: dickey@ssc-vax.UUCP (Frederick J Dickey) Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp Subject: Programming fast in Lisp Message-ID: <490@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 14:59:25 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.490 Posted: Wed Mar 6 14:59:25 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 03:15:21 EST Distribution: net Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 6 I occasionally hear claims that an experienced Lisp programmer on a good Lisp environment can program x times faster than a programmer using a conventional language such as Pascal, where x varies between 5 and 10. Is anybody aware of any studies that substantiate this claim? - Fred Dickey