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		ignoreusernames on March 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: (How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)) (2... You can use a regular common lisp distribution like SBCL and just stick to foreign types https://www.sbcl.org/manual/#Foreign-Types this way you still have a GC for lighter tasks but with the option of manual memory management

massysett on March 11, 2024 [–]

You can also use the DYNAMIC-EXTENT declaration to (in general) tell your implementation to stack-allocate a value.

http://clhs.lisp.se/Body/d_dynami.htm#dynamic-extent

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