A note on the efficiency of a LISP computation in a paged machine

Bobrow, Daniel G.; Murphy, Daniel L.

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Publication: Communications of the ACM
Volume: 11
Issue: 8
Pages: 558
DOI: 10.1145/363567.363581
ISSN: 0001-0782, 1557-7317
Abstract:
The problem of the use of two levels of storage for programs is explored in the context of a LISP system which uses core memory as a buffer for a large virtual memory stored on a drum. Details of timing are given for one particular problem.