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Subject: Re: How to optimize vector cosine computation?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 08:08:25 +0000
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I think that, apart from the declarations, it would be much faster to
use arrays than list. (elt e.g. is a lot slower than aref or svref)
Also there is no need to cdr along the list, but you can use a simple
dotimes loop. 

Andreas
