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Common Lisp

The article lists Common Lisp as a strict programming language. I am under the impression that Common Lisp functions are strict, but Common Lisp macros are not. Do I understand correctly?

As far as I can tell, macros are not directly related to strictness. Strictness relates to evaluation strategy, but macros are without evaluation strategy, as they are meta-evaluated. In effect, a macro can be used to change the evaluation strategy, so you can achieve macros that behave non-strictly.

Hardware optimized for strict languages?

"All hardware architectures in common use are optimized for strict languages, so the best compilers for non-strict languages produce slower code than the best compilers for strict languages." Is there a reference for this? In what way are common hardware architectures optimized for strict languages? — Chris Page 15:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I've heard it in the form that all machine architectures would be optimized for C, which of course is a strict language. It could be easier to find references for what common hardware is missing from the lazy language point of view. --TuukkaH 16:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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