Re: Ahead of time compilation?

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Perry" == Perry E Metzger <address@hidden> writes:

Perry> Given the recent JIT discussion, it occurs to me that a large
Perry> fraction of the elisp infrastructure in the average emacs is the
Perry> stuff that gets slurped in and undumped. Perhaps all that stuff could
Perry> get ahead of time compiled before undump for performance? Build time
Perry> isn't nearly as relevant for me as speed during execution, and on
Perry> platforms that don't have the infra, the interpreter could continue
Perry> to be use for that stuff.

See these:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-09/msg00451.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00767.html

There's also the unfinished el-compilador, which is a different
expression of this idea.

Tom