Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7

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Re: Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7

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Post by soegaard » Mon, Aug 03, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC

vindarel wrote: post #131

dmux wrote: post #127

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I know Racket was reworked to build upon Chez Scheme several years ago. If the HN migration to CL was due to performance reasons, I wonder if sticking it out and waiting for the Chez version of Racket would have paid off.

here: I’m curious: was Arc running Racket BC or CS? I understand it got a big performance boost after switching to Chez Scheme. dang: It was running BC. I had high hopes for switching to CS because I'd heard the same thing you had, but when I tried it, HN slowed to a crawl. This stuff is so unpredictable. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140657

It was running an old version of BC.

I can't remember the details, but I recall that Arc was pinned to an older version of Racket and didn't benefit from improvements to BC and then later to CS.

But ... be aware that the Arc interpreter is much more dynamic than Racket, so in general normal Racket programs are more efficient than Arc programs.

Re: Steel Bank Common Lisp version 2.6.7

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Post by oumua_don17 » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC

rootnod3 wrote: post #167

oumua_don17 wrote: post #22

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>> said: lovely, but I ain't using it at work. Says who, you? Wrong. I use Common Lisp at work. edit: and not just use as in a side toy, design and writing software in CL is my primary responsibility. FWIW, at a FAANG!

You hiring? Sounds like a dream. Dead serious.

Sorry, not hiring currently but rest assured I've bookmarked this comment and will reach out when we do.

I'm an IC and have three more engineers working alongside, so a very small team.

We don't expect anyone we're hiring to know, understand or have even heard of Lisp :-), just the curiosity and willingness (which we evaluated in the interviews) to grok it when provided enough support and runway to get upto speed.

As you seem to be keen for such a job, the best bet right now is start using SBCL in your daily work. Trick: don't say you're using Lisp just show (the output), don't tell!

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