Lively Linear Lisp (1992) [pdf]
79 pointsby todsacerdoti90 days ago1 comments(www.cs.utexas.edu)
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rurban•87 days ago
Hash consing, ouch. Of course you can fix everything with one more indirection, but those kind of fixes have substantial costs. Esp. compared to a GC which has free consing. It also adds refcounts, which are extremely expensive on writes.
It's like lz4'ing every write.