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ctz on Feb 7, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amplifying C (2010)

> Answer: none, they are equivalent as far as semantics go.

The C function does not have any defined semantics for certain values of a and b. The Common Lisp function merely adds two integers (or runs out of memory trying).

junke on Feb 7, 2016 [–]

But this is not a Common Lisp function, it is the AST of the previous C fragment. In fact the code makes no sense interpreted as Common Lisp.

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