Re: Lisp object code versus that of other languages



jonathon wrote:
> I've recently gone from Lisp (back) to assembly language to do some
> 'fun' stuff I haven't done in a long time. I've been looking at a few
> samples of Lisp object code (disassemble in sbcl) and found some pretty
> cryptic code.
>
> Is it true to say that Lisp produces more complex and/or cryptic code
> than, say, C/C++ and other languages that can compile direct to ML?

If it's of interest to you, you can read the C output of GCL without
_too_ much difficulty.

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