concurrent accesses (but not iteration.) See also:
SB-EXT:WITH-LOCKED-HASH-TABLE, and
SB-EXT:HASH-TABLE-SYNCHRONIZED-P.
+ * optimization: CONCATENATE on strings is an order of magnitue faster
+ in code compiled with (> SPEED SPACE)
* bug fix: if file compilation is aborted, the partial fasl is now
deleted, and COMPILE-FILE returns NIL as the primary value.
* bug fix: number of thread safety issues relating to SBCL's internal