+ ;; FIXME: The above is true, if slightly misleading. The
+ ;; MULTIPLE-VALUE-BIND idiom [ as opposed to MULTIPLE-VALUE-CALL
+ ;; (LAMBDA (&REST VALUES) (NTH N VALUES)) ] does indeed not cons at
+ ;; runtime. However, for large N (say N = 200), COMPILE on such a
+ ;; form will take longer than can be described as adequate, as the
+ ;; optional dispatch mechanism for the M-V-B gets increasingly
+ ;; hairy.