Building Common Lisp Applications with Reasonable Performance

by:

J. Boreczky and L.A. Rowe
Computer Science Division - EECS
University of Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776

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Abstract

This paper describes our experience with a number of methods that can be used to improve the performance of Common Lisp applications. These methods include vendor-independent optimizations such as recoding high traffic functions and vendor-dependent optimizations such as incremental loading. The results of these optimizations are quantified and compared.