Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:20:39 -0700
From: Steve Haflich <Franz.COM at smh>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 15:00:03 EDT
From: Peter Shell <NL.CS.CMU.EDU at pshell>
... For example, if you don't need to use
the result of a mapcar function, then use do, dolist or times instead.
Replacing MAPCAR with MAPC is equivalent, but requires less change to
your source.
... using closures can be cons-intensive ...
Starting in 4.3 closures are stack consed ...
I'd also like to note that both of these operations would be most
likely to generate short-lived objects, which the global gc would
never see. Since my problem is with the global gc (scavenges seem
quick enough in general), these will not be likely to help.
- Pat