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Jay- I'm very sorry that I assumed that you didn't know much Scheme, obviously I was wrong. > > > In my experience, functional style Scheme code is concise and, unless > > > you're careful, slow. > > > > This is an attribute of a particular implementation, not an intrinsic > > property of the language. > > no, purely functional code is intrinsically slow. Hmm. I think your definition of slow and mine are different. Could you clarify what you mean when you say 'slow'? How do you account for the performance of Stalin? -russ -- "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg." -- Bjarne Stroustrup on C++