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From: pazzani@pan.ics.uci.edu (Michael Pazzani)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Type desclaration in common lisp
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Date: 4 Jan 91 23:32:04 GMT
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Reply-To: pazzani@ics.uci.edu (Michael Pazzani)
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Do any of the texts on commonlisp have a practical
discussion of how to declare types in commonlisp
to increase execution speed of compiled code by
eliminating run-time type checking.  I realize this
depends to some extent on the compiler.  Ideally,
I'd like to find a chapter or section suitable
for student use discussing this topic.


Thanks
Mike

(pazzani@ics.uci.edu)