With the new designed longbows out there now, there's not too much difference in perfomance. Seems like the biggest difference to me in in riser size and weight and the center shot sight window cut out on the recurves.. The grips on most recurves are also different, like low wrist, med. wrist and high wrist. That being said you can also buy recurves with a longbow type grip and cutout.. Botom line, buy both longbow and recurve and enjoy the best of both worlds.. lol..
JMHO,
Calabash.