Re: funcall consing

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > The `80' indicats the GC has been invoked 80 times. That is the direct
  > > indication of "consing".

  > Why are you saying that the number of times GC has been invoked is the
  > direct indication of consing?

It used to be the case, and maybe still is that the decision on
whether to call GC on any given occasion was controlled by how much
space had been allocated since the previous GC.  If that is true
nowadays, then calling GC roughly measures the amount of consing.

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