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We have eliminated fns.el nowadays, but here are the answers.

      I have two questions about fns.el:
      - Why is it installed in an architecture-dependent location
	i.e. /usr/lib/emacs/21.3/<arch> ?

Because different platforms might have different primitive functions.

      - Why isn't it byte-compiled?

Because compiling it would not give any benefit.