> > I'm wondering why the Elm compiler is so slow at parsing if that is where >>> the slow-down is >>> >> >> Evan recently rewrote the parser to be much faster. >> >> You can try a preview binary >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/elm-dev/parser%7Csort:relevance/elm-dev/c_BDwK5UXFs/zP9aRkMeEQAJ> >> >> of the new version if you're curious. :) >> > > I saw that over on elm-dev, but haven't tried it because compilation speed > isn't a problem for the Elm code I have written so far. The only reason I > brought it up is OvermindDL1's comment > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/elm-discuss/Um7WIBTq9xU/JpNNGv1JAgAJ> that > compiling a Ocaml/BucketScript code (that presumably did the same thing as > the Elm code) took about 0.1 seconds as compared to 40 seconds with the Elm > compiler - a 400 times speed-up! We weren't given details of the code or > test conditions and whether one was an incremental compilation, but that > sounds quite serious and would affect the usability of Elm. If that data > is verifiable, a speed up of double or even quadruple doesn't begin to > touch the difference and should be investigated. >
If only there were a binary posted somewhere, based on a compiler that had just been rewritten to improve build times, so that someone could post a benchmark instead of speculation! ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
