> >>>But not all of them compile to native. GNU CLISP compiles to byte > > code > >>>AFAIK. >> >> From the CLISP manpage: >>"Invoked with -c, the specified lisp files are compiled to a bytecode >>that can be executed more efficiently." > > > Btw, I guess this is what - at the moment - Ruby does, too, isn't it? > > Currently it does not ever hit bytecode at all, it just interprets using the stack as near as I can tell. Charles Comstock