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Re: Guile 2.2 speed improvements
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
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Re: Guile 2.2 speed improvements |
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Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:48:34 +0200 |
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David Kastrup writes:
> GUILE2.2 from master takes eternities to compile, like more than half an
> hour or so. LilyPond does a lot of on-the-fly evaluation, and Guile2.0
> is already a big step backwards in that department compared to Guile
> 1.8.
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> If they don't get compilation and partly interpreter speed under control
> again (and it does not look like a priority to them since they are more
> interested in competing on the basis of compiled code speed), the main
> usability focus will be _not_ as an extension language but rather as a
> main programming language.
Have you raised this concern on guile-devel?
Greetings, Jan
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