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diff --git a/src/code/save.lisp b/src/code/save.lisp
index 2fd6bd7..2356255 100644
--- a/src/code/save.lisp
+++ b/src/code/save.lisp
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 ;;;; SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE itself
 
-(sb!alien:def-alien-routine "save" (sb!alien:boolean)
-  (file sb!c-call:c-string)
-  (initial-function (sb!alien:unsigned #.sb!vm:word-bits)))
+(sb!alien:define-alien-routine "save" (sb!alien:boolean)
+  (file sb!alien:c-string)
+  (initial-fun (sb!alien:unsigned #.sb!vm:n-word-bits)))
 
 ;;; FIXME: When this is run without the PURIFY option,
 ;;; it seems to save memory all the way up to the high-water mark,
@@ -28,15 +28,24 @@
 ;;; (But with the PURIFY option it seems to work OK.)
 (defun save-lisp-and-die (core-file-name &key
 					 (toplevel #'toplevel-init)
-					 (purify nil)
+					 (purify t)
 					 (root-structures ())
 					 (environment-name "auxiliary"))
   #!+sb-doc
-  "Saves a CMU Common Lisp core image in the file of the specified name,
-  killing the current Lisp invocation in the process (unless it bails
-  out early because of some argument error or something).
+  "Save a \"core image\", i.e. enough information to restart a Lisp
+  process later in the same state, in the file of the specified name.
 
-  The following &KEY args are defined:
+  This implementation is not as polished and painless as you might like: 
+    * It corrupts the current Lisp image enough that the current process
+      needs to be killed afterwards.
+    * There is absolutely no binary compatibility of core images between
+      different runtime support programs. Even runtimes built from the same
+      sources at different times are treated as incompatible for this purpose.
+  This isn't because we like it this way, but just because there don't
+  seem to be good quick fixes for either limitation and no one has been
+  sufficiently motivated to do lengthy fixes.
+
+  The following &KEY arguments are defined:
     :TOPLEVEL
        The function to run when the created core file is resumed.
        The default function handles command line toplevel option
@@ -64,8 +73,6 @@
       saved core is loaded."
 
   #!+mp (sb!mp::shutdown-multi-processing)
-  (when (fboundp 'sb!eval:flush-interpreted-function-cache)
-    (sb!eval:flush-interpreted-function-cache))
   ;; FIXME: What is this for? Explain.
   (when (fboundp 'cancel-finalization)
     (cancel-finalization sb!sys:*tty*))