I'm getting much faster startup times. And the initial freeze when loading a file after initial startup - is that actually faster or has it been amortized using lazy techniques?
On Monday, November 19, 2018 at 6:35:43 PM UTC-5, Matthew Butterick wrote: > > > > On Nov 19, 2018, at 2:06 PM, Matthew Flatt <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Although Racket-on-Chez is not yet ready to replace the existing > > implementation of Racket for most purposes, it should generally work > > now --- and it might even be useful for some purposes. Many, many > > details have to be right for Racket-on-Chez to assemble itself into a > > snapshot distribution, so this is a significant milestone. > > Thank you for the all your effort & hard work to get Racket-on-Chez this > far. > > This week, I've gone over to using the Racket-on-Chez snapshots > exclusively. They are stable & fast enough for everything I do with Racket. > There are bugs, of course, though so far all small. And Matthew has been > fixing them as fast as I can file them. > > For that matter, if you've ever wondered "what can I do to improve > Racket-on-Chez, without being a 1337 h4x0r?" I suggest that you also use > the snapshots and file bugs. Because that will make Racket-on-Chez better, > sooner, for everyone. > > One tip, if you haven't used the snapshots before (I hadn't): I've > switched to installing my own packages in "--scope user" rather than > "--scope installation". This keeps the packages out of the snapshot folder, > so the snapshot can be easily replaced without disturbing the rest. > > To infinity and beyond. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
