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> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:27:49 -0700
> From: Keith David Bershatsky <esq@lawlist.com>
> 
> Q:  How should I proceed to debug the excessive garbage collection issue on the NS port?

Does that happen with the unmodified master branch, or only with your
changes?

In any case, I think you should begin by finding out which type of
Lisp data contributes the most to the garbage, e.g. by looking at the
output of 'garbage-collect' (the function).