Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!rutgers.rutgers.edu!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!GRASP.CIS.UPENN.EDU!nancy From: nancy@GRASP.CIS.UPENN.EDU (Nancy Orlando) Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest Subject: Garbage Collection Suppression Message-ID: <8707171232.AA25798@grasp.cis.upenn.edu> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 08:32:41 EDT Article-I.D.: grasp.8707171232.AA25798 Posted: Fri Jul 17 08:32:41 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 00:41:06 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 9 Approved: ailist@stripe.sri.com Are there any "accepted" methods of writing code that minimize a LISP's tendancy to garbage-collect? I don't mean a switch to turn it off; just a means of minimizing the need for it. I'm dealing particularly with DEC VAX lisp. I have assumed that iteration as opposed to recursion was one way; is this correct? Are there other techniques? Nancy Sliwa nancy@grasp.cis.upenn.edu or nesliwa%telemail@orion.arpa