On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:21 PM, David Brown <cloj...@davidb.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:14:52PM -0500, John Harrop wrote: > > >1 second instead of 1/6 of a second. Yeah, like users will notice that > >difference in startup times. :) > > I'm not actually complaining, but I do notice every single time I fire > up a REPL. The more code that you have, the longer it takes. It's > basically completely thwarting the JVM's attempt to lazily load > classes. > > I have the same complaint about JRuby and Scala. Scala cheats a > little, and their REPL prints a prompt before actually loading the > classes. > > Honestly, I think it's a reasonable penalty to pay for a system that > is both dynamic and very fast. There's a certain irony in saying something being slower is a reasonable penalty to pay for a system that is fast. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
