Modern C++ and Lisp Programming Style
&gt; The assumption is that the machine code of the C++ compiler is significantly faster than that emitted by a comparable dynamic language compiler. While this may hold true in general, it does not necessarily hold true with Lisp. Lisp is a programmable programming languages. If we are inclined to program it for speed, we can.<p>My Lisp-fu isn&#x27;t as strong as my C++-fu so someone correct me if I&#x27;m wrong but isn&#x27;t the GC an intrinsic part of Lisp? Do more modern Lisps allow you to mark value types so you can control memory access patterns(which is where the true speed of C&#x2F;C++ comes from).