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>> Compiled Lisp, even on generic hardware, is fast.  [...]
> But List still sequential processing as far as I can see?  How do you
> speed that up?

Just as sequential as C or PL/I or whatever else.

As for speeding it up?  As a compiler geek I'm strictly a dilettante,
so I don't really know, but I would imagine you'd do it much the way
you would optimize any other language.

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