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> think  we only  need 1  tag bit  in the  separate tag-bit  array.  Its
> function is  to indicate whether  the corresponding memory word  is an
> integer or not.  If not, then  the remaining tag bits are found in the
> word itself.  And integer arithmetic can certainly be faster!

Integer arithmetic performance is a complete non-issue in Emacs (and most
other tagged programming languages, as a matter of fact).


        Stefan