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Thanks for clarifying my comment with actual experience. Much appreciated!

• flavio81 9y ago
  You're welcome! Forgot to mention, the other reason executable files (if produced) get big, is that compilation of a Lisp program not only produces the machine language form of your program, but it also includes a Lisp runtime. The runtime makes possible having the condition-restart system, and the full power of macros (your program can compile lisp code at runtime if needed, thanks to the runtime.)