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LISP? Haskel? Are you retarded? C++ is where it's at. /prog/ is full of fanboys. Name something LISP can do that you can't code in C. Case closed.

John Fremlin recognized he did not make any benchmarks against more serious contenders.

Here are some benchmarks that show that John's claims were, at least, a bit daring:

http://trustleap.com/imgs/ULib_keep-alives.gif
http://trustleap.com/imgs/ULib_NO_keep-alives.gif

(John said that ULib and John's server have similar performances)