Re: Shrinking the C core

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Native compilation doesn't affect 'car', because it's
> a primitive.

How fast is our C? We need to optimize that as well? And isn't
it already compiled for the native architecture?

> It's very easy to see the code of 'car' in Emacs. All you
> need is run GDB:
>
>   $ gdb ./emacs
>   ...
>   (gdb) disassemble /m Fcar

Or do `C-h f car RET TAB RET' to follow the hyperlink to data.c.

It takes you to Fcar at line 614. Fcar however is only in C,
so not a primitive then.

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