Performance and Evaluation of LISP Systems

This is the final report of the Stanford Lisp Performance Study, which was conducted by the author during the period from February 1981 through October 1984. This report is divided into three major parts: the first is the theoretical background, which is an exposition of the factors that go into evaluating the performance of a Lisp system; the second part is a description of the Lisp implementations that appear in the benchmark study; and the last part is a description of the benchmark suite that was used during the bulk of the study and the results themselves.