[plt-scheme] Experience Using Mz(Dr)Scheme for Numerical Work

Will M. Farr schreef:

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> Hello all,
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> I'm interested in coding some advanced n-body gravitational 
> integrators for a research project.  I would really like to do this in 
> scheme (as opposed to C or Fortran, which would be the standard 
> choices for this type of work).  I have considered Bigloo scheme due 
> to its optimizing compiler; it seems fast enough to do real science 
> with (and to do real science here, I will eventually need quite a bit 
> of speed), but I don't like the non-interactive development cycle 
> (it's definitely designed to produce a.out's, not for incremental 
> development).

Why not use mzscheme for incremental development and bigloo for the long 
computations?
I've got a little simpleminded utility called 'staste' that can be used 
to tailor code for specific schemes.

Best regards,

Hans