[racket] a small programming exercise

On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote:

> It would seem TR should not take much longer than regular Run.  (I'm
> not aware of it performing any sophisticated non-linear
> interprocedural computations, which would serve as an *intrinsic*
> cause for significant delay.)  I presume this gap is caused by what
> you're calling the absence of an "optimistic make".
> 
> If the two times could be made similar, I don't think there'd need for
> any of this fanciness (with the attendant complexity, potential for
> bugs, etc).
> 
> Is the delay in TR in any way related to the fact Check Syntax also
> takes a while to run -- imo, much longer than one might like?  (Though
> there, the coloring of the buffer and creation of arrows, etc., may
> also have an impact...but again, for small programs?)
> 
> Shriram


Yes, macro expansion is slow. -- Matthias