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Re:How to Make Common Lisp go Faster Than C by michael_dorfman on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @03:28PM (#196456)
Premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but failure to optimize isn't too hot either.

Glad to hear your results were so dramatic.

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Re:How to Make Common Lisp go Faster Than C by gibsonf1 on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @03:57PM (#196486)
We only optimize when things start feeling a bit slow - never prematurely.
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