Optimizing startup speed

[Buchs, Kevin]

Philipp,

You mentioned, in reply to the thread "emacs -- simple"

> Proper use of autoload, eval-after-load and some factorization of your 
> startup files into package specific configuration, plus byte compiling should 
> reduce startup time significantly.

I wonder if you could amplify what you mean by "factorization of your startup 
files into package-specific configuration". It seems obvious, but I'm not sure 
I see the benefit, so would you explain why this helps startup speed.


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