[racket-dev] Places -- on by default in v5.1.1.2. (git master)

From: John Clements (clements at brinckerhoff.org)
Date: Tue Apr 19 12:26:09 EDT 2011

On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:27 AM, Kevin Tew wrote:

> The configure script has been changed to enable places by default.
> Note:  places are NOT enabled by default for the upcoming V5.1.1 release.
> 
> This means that parallel zo and doc builds will use places instead of processes.

Should I expect to see speed or space differences as a result of this change?  Will the one process be about the same size as the sum of the old two (or three or ...) ?

Hoping for magical things,

John 

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