15:31:52thesebbeach: sorry i'm slow....i think i understand why a hashtable is the answer now....if you modify e.g. x=4 in a function those changes will disappear when you leave scope but if x = more complex object like a hash table then changes will survive when you leave scope....is that it?
15:34:50beachtheseb: My hypothesis is that it is time for you to read about compiler design as opposed to guessing how it might be done.
15:37:12_deathbeach: I wrote a bit of code and I think I understand what happens where/when better now.. e.g., https://plaster.tymoon.eu/view/1946#1946
17:47:25|3b|ok, CL(sbcl) should be supported for icfp programminng contest :) if anyone intends to participate with CL, might check https://github.com/icfpcontest2020/dockerfiles/tree/master/dockerfiles/commonlisp and (the pull request on) https://github.com/icfpcontest2020/starterkit-commonlisp for anything you think should be improved