Hi, In OpenMCL Version 1.1-r7434 (LinuxX8664) compiled from current CVS, there is a strange interaction between the compiler and LOAD-TIME-VALUE. ,---- | ? (max (load-time-value 0) 1) | 1 | ? (funcall (lambda () (max (load-time-value 0) 1))) | 0 `---- -- Eric Marsden