Subject: Re: What is expensive about consing
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:08:41 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <t5WdnemUEb2kK17VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@speakeasy.net>
John Thingstad <jpthing@online.no> wrote: +--------------- | skrev Andy Chambers <achambers.home@googlemail.com>: | > (loop for i below 10000000 ... | > Evaluation took: ... | > 2,240,000,904 bytes consed. ... | Looks like a lot to me. That is about 2.2 Kb pr iteration. +--------------- You slipped a decimal point. It's only 224 bytes/iteration. -Rob ----- Rob Warnock <rpw3@rpw3.org> 627 26th Avenue <URL:http://rpw3.org/> San Mateo, CA 94403 (650)572-2607