I am used about thinking about submillisecond times, so I definitely noticed, but on the other hand, the libraries bring value. I think the final decision rests with you :) On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 4:01 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Yanchi Tóth > > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:23:37 +0200 > > Cc: 64847@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > Here's the configuration data for 28.2. I believe it says it was built > with --with-native-compilation, but > > not AOT. Is that where you expect the time difference to come from? > > Could be, mainly in the "w/ config" case, where presumably Emacs loads > packages that are not preloaded. > > In addition, Emacs 29.1 loads 8 more preloaded packages than Emacs > 28.2 does, even without config, and those 8 additional *.eln files > need to be loaded at startup (they are DLLs in disguise), which takes > time, especially if your system has some antivirus software active > which checks every DLL loaded by a program. > > So I don't think 25 msec of additional startup time sounds outlandish > to me. >