Re: [PATCH] use tail pointer for LOOP

[Stefan Monnier]

>         Reverse: (1.006534 3 0.682734)
>    Tail pointer: (1.305476 4 0.9159619999999986)

> Still, reversing seems to be worth it (by some 30 percent). Unless we
> find some way to streamline the tail pointer better.

That's really not surprising: count the number of function calls and
you'll see that the nreverse way is likely to win every time, simply
because it suffers about half as much from the interpretation overhead.


        Stefan