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29.6 Greater allocation expected in 64-bit LispWorks

In 64-bit LispWorks pointers are 8 bytes, whereas in 32-bit LispWorks pointers are 4 bytes. Since many objects contain pointers, most programs will allocate more in 64-bit LispWorks, typically at least 50% or more.

A program containing mostly strings would not show this difference, since strings are more comparable in size between the two implementations.

You can use find-object-size to find the size of an object.


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 20 Sep 2017

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