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Re: Interpreter startup speed

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Aug 20, 2006
• 699 views

Pete Lomax wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:10:58 -0700, Al Getz wrote:
> 
>> Kat wrote:
>>> Hey, Al, i have a silly suggestion:
> 
> )
> 
>> Yes, that is a very good idea :)
> 
> Yeah, (sarcasm, btw) so you release your new program, but it needs
> display server to be installed and running first? Why not just bind it
> and the problem goes away?
> 
>> On the other hand, i guess it would be simpler to just bind the
>> program, but i wanted to get away from that because i like running
>> many of my programs in .exw mode.

Then using Eu 2.4 should be fine, or including shrouded libraries in the
main program (which might be written in Eu 2.5), or using libraries that
previously have been compiled to DLLs or SOs.

> Oh, you thought of that already, now I'm lost. What you are saying is
> that _you_ want a splash screen for _your_ program when _you_ already
> know it will _still_ take 30s to load? Why?
> 
> Confused,
> Pete

I'm happy that I'm not the only one who is confused here. 
Al, some possibilities to reduce startup time have already been
mentioned, but it seems that you don't want to use any of them.
My first impression was, that you wanted to make an omelette without
breaking eggs -- now it almost looks to me as if you want to break eggs
without making an omelette. 

Regards,
   Juergen

-- 
Please excuse my flawed English. My native language is Euphoria.