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(declare (type fixnum ---)) considered etc.

To: "Robert A. Cassels" <Cassels@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA>
Subject: (declare (type fixnum ---)) considered etc.
From: Rob MacLachlan <RAM@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1986 19:53:00 -0000
Cc: common-lisp@SU-AI.ARPA
In-reply-to: Msg of 23 Jul 1986 15:26-EDT from Robert A. Cassels <Cassels at STONY-BROOK.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>

    Almost every other language in the entire world has a "INTEGER"
type which has an ill-defined, fixed precision.  If Common Lisp is
going to have comparable performance to these languages when running
on the same hardware, then it is going to have to be comparably
inelegant.

  Rob

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