>>>> "Robert" == Robert Pluim
<rpluim(a)bigfoot.com> writes:
Robert> SL Baur writes:
> I now suspect dumping. I hate dumping, I hate it, I hate it, I
hate
> it, I hate it. Why must we do something so stupid?
Robert> Here's a (possibly insane) suggestion: rather than dumping, why don't
Robert> we compile the lisp files to C? We could then make select portions
Robert> dynamically loadable, and remove all that unportable dumping code.
This would not solve the problem: The dumped image does not just
contain code, it contains a good amount of state as well.
Robert> Does this sound feasible, or have I been getting too little sleep
Robert> lately?
It's feasible, but it would probably not get you much benefit.
Besides, I doubt there's anyone around to actually do it.
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