[erlang-questions] Generators?

[Ryan Rawson]

This is why language features > libraries generally. The compiler  
knows nothing, so it has limited optimization abilities.

On a side note, most optimization strategies involve obtaining more  
info. Type system, pragmas, explicit syntax support, etc. Its cool  
stuff.

-ryan


On Jul 30, 2007, at 2:27 PM, "James Hague" <james.hague@REDACTED>  
wrote:

>> But the problem is that these abstractions, or
>> at least the combination of them, are slower than a hand-coded
>> function explicit recursion function. So, is there any way to make  
>> the
>> natural abstractions work as fast as the hand-coded version?
>
> It's interesting that list comprehensions are compiled into code that
> acts the same as hand-coded functions, but uses of similar functions
> like lists:foldl, lists:flatmap, and lists:partition are not.
>
> James
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