LISP compiler

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LISP compiler - a compiler for programs written in LISP

compiling program, compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

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For example, a Lisp fixnum is a representational type because it is defined to be efficiently stored in computer memory -- typically in a single word of memory, and when compiling an invocation of a generic arithmetic function, a Lisp compiler may emit code specialized to a more efficient type representation based on static type inferencing.

CLOS: integrating object-oriented and functional programming

The Lisp compiler then compiles them into efficient machine code.

The Metal system

* Lisp compilers that further exploit efficient compilation strategies for RISC processors;