From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Mundell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Compiling byte code to native Date: 03 Jun 2004 11:32:03 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87oeo17x0c.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> References: <87u0xuuqvm.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086258756 3003 80.91.224.253 (3 Jun 2004 10:32:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 03 12:32:29 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVpWP-0003oD-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:32:29 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVpWP-00041w-00 for ; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:32:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVpWj-0006iH-Pc for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVpWa-0006hI-HJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:32:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVpWY-0006h5-QM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:32:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVpWY-0006h2-MS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:32:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.158.120.143] (helo=mail.ukfsn.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BVpW3-0002hw-9v; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:32:08 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F74DE6D41; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:30:47 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19746-03; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:30:47 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org (dsl82-163-187-89.as15444.net [82.163.187.89]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBACE6A9B; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:30:46 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from sno.mundell.ukfsn.org ([10.0.0.3]) by sno.mundell.ukfsn.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVpW1-0000F7-00; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 11:32:05 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24468 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24468 Richard Stallman writes: > I simply deleted that TODO entry, since it looks like this optimization > isn't worth a big effort. Computers are so fast nowadays that Emacs > Lisp code hardly needs speeding up. The goal of the entry may also have been to ease the development of Emacs' internals by introducing Elisp primitives. Dave Love added the entry. > I only regret that you had to spend time on an optimization that turns > out not to be fruitful. Thank you for working on it. Pleasure. It was by choice, and well worth it for the experience.