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Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes: > > > If the problem really is in 2, then it means that either we need a > > > generational gc for guile (hard), or it *must* ship with compiled init > > > files (not hard). The latter would also help startup time & would > > > make the stuff in the init files run faster. I really don't > > > understand the resistance to doing this. I know there are things that > > > *should* be done with the startup files that would speed things up, > > > but why not just compile them anyway? At least people wouldn't have > > > to live through the startup times waiting for the day when things are > > > cleaned up. > > > > I agree with this sentiment overall. Even when the init files are > > nicely cleaned up it would probably _still_ be better to ship them so > > they install compiled. However, the Guile-modified version of Hobbit > > is not necessarily ready for prime-time yet. Perhaps the freezer or > > the unexec stuff could make a livable stopgap measure? > > I'm concerned about making the simplest Guile configuration (just > guile-core) depend on Hobbit. What do you mean exactly by "depend"? What about doing like you do with the config files - they can be generated if you have autoconf, automake & libtool, but you check them in so that people can just do configure ; make. Similarly, developers who modify boot-9.scm would need hobbit so they could generate & check in boot-9.c, which would then be distributed. > Second, it seems like a lot of the crap in boot-9.scm is there to > support the module system. If Guile had an environment implementation > in C, would there be enough left of boot-9.scm to be worth compiling? Well, when is this going to happen? People have been talking over a year about redoing the module system. When it gets done you can chuck boot-9.c & go back to boot-9.scm. Also, wouldn't a compiled boot-9.scm *be* an enviroment implementation in C? Is it really such a hardship to use hobbit compiled scm code in guile that it needs to be avoided at all costs? -- Harvey J. Stein BFM Financial Research hjstein@bfr.co.il