Re: MOP question for language lawyers: can you specialize on standard-class

"Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com)" <[email protected]> Tue, 26 May 2026 10:41:37 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.lispworks.general
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On 26 May 2026, at 10:11, David McClain (as dbm at refined-audiometrics dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> And I distinctly recall him discussing the new technology of JIT compiling and caching. I had thought that CLOS incorporated similar strategies.

My take on this (having heard people say similar things) is that there is always quite a lot of 'we can do this slightly-unspecified heroic / magic thing in the implementation and everything will be quick', and then the slightly-unspecified thing never gets done because it turns out not to be practical.

Don't get me wrong: I *want* CLOS slot access to be quick.

--tim


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