[plt-scheme] Speed up check-syntax

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 9 11:28:52 EST 2009

Sounds like a good task for when we get multicore support. I'll pass
that along to James and probably Kevin is reading this message.

Robby

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Matthias Felleisen
<matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>
> Yes, I know. It's very slow. Can't we load these indices while the user
> types in something?
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
>
>> The first time you run it, it loads in the documentation indicies.
>> That might be it. (Watch the status line at the bottom of the screen
>> and see if that's where it looks like the time is going to know for
>> sure.)
>>
>> Robby
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have noticed this too. The first time around check syntax is indeed
>>> painfully slow. The second time+ it is as fast as it used to be.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I'm refactoring some mred code, and I'm finding check syntax has
>>>> got painfully slow.
>>>> Does anyone else experience this and what strategies do you use to
>>>> avoid the problem?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think this is a mred specific issue- just an issue for code
>>>> with lots of dependencies.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
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