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I couldn't answer this question myself, but if you can, and want to earn "valuable" reputation points, please answer it... :)

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Perhaps reading http://www.newlisp.org/ExpressionEvaluation.html helps understanding the http://www.newlisp.org/MemoryManagement.html paper better. Regarding circular references: they do not exist in newLISP, there is no way to create them. The performance question is addressed in a sub chapter of that memory management paper and here: http://www.newlisp.org/benchmarks/

May be working and experimenting with newLISP - i.e. trying to create a circular reference - will clear up most of the questions.

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