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Re:Roll a Lisp in C – Evaluation by brennvin on Saturday May 07, 2022 @07:08AM (#31293593)
- A tracing garbage collector

- Tail call optimization

- Closures

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Re:Roll a Lisp in C – Evaluation by tsimionescu on Saturday May 07, 2022 @08:19AM (#31293937)
TCO is not really that important. The Common Lisp standard doesn't even require it, though many implementations do support it.
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