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From: smcl@sytex.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Subject: Re: R4RS, section 6.5.5, round
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hbaker@netcom.com (Henry G. Baker) writes:

> 
> A much bigger problem, in my mind, is the senseless inefficiency which
> is forced on Common Lisp implementations which do not have
> _incredibly_ good compilers.  Most of these rounding functions are
> 
>       Henry Baker
>       Read ftp.netcom.com:/pub/hbaker/README for info on ftp-able papers.
> 

Howdy,
        AMEN, PTL, etc.  It seems _every_ Lisp dialect has to include
some fancy feature that kills decent compilation minus a not just good
but downright tricky compiler. I've been hacking a "Stupid Lisp
Compiler" in my spare time, the principal feature of which is that
it compiles a "Stupid Lisp", not necessarily a that it is a 
"Stupid Compiler". It's sort of a "Lisp Meets the Dragon Book" project -
much fun.

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Scott McLoughlin
Conscious Computing
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