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by Erwin 4161 days ago
Well, the SBCL code includes code for literally generating assembly code specific to x86-64 to get that performance and is 3 times as long as Python. Presumably the inline assembly code is not part of any LISP standard but highly specific to that specific LISP implementation.
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That's only the mandelbrot benchmark.
Which SBCL code?