Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!THEORY.LCS.MIT.EDU!bard From: bard@THEORY.LCS.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme Subject: space/time in byte code/native code (was dynamic compilation) Message-ID: <8809241316.AA02581@toucan.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 24 Sep 88 13:16:41 GMT Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 >I don't think reason (1) is very compelling these days, because the size of >compiled code is not an issue with today's computers... I disagree, in some contexts. It certainly matters a lot on my home computer; some programs won't fit on a floppy. Loading time also matters. If a program like `more' takes a few seconds to load, it is very annoying. -- Bard