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Lively Linear Lisp (1992) [pdf]

Lively Linear Lisp (1992) [pdf]

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·August 31, 2025

rurban

Hash consing, ouch. Of course you can fix everything with one more indirection, but those kind of fixes have substantial costs. Esp. compared to a GC which has free consing. It also adds refcounts, which are extremely expensive on writes.

It's like lz4'ing every write.