+1 I’d wait.
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since the improvements so far would need explanation, and since further > improvements are still in progress (especially relative to the v6.4 > branch), a separate message to the mailing list --- or a blog post? --- > seems better than a bullet in the release announcement. > > At Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:00:04 -0600, Robby Findler wrote: >> I think we might want to add a grain of salt to that part of the >> announcement. People shouldn't expect radically improved performance >> for, say, programs using the math library. It gets better in some >> cases, but I feel like we need something that's a bit more uniformly >> better before saying too much. >> >> So I would either say nothing, or I would add some more qualifications >> or specificity or something. >> >> Robby >> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> For Typed Racket: >>> >>> Typed Racket now generates contracts with lower overhead in many >>> cases, speeding up typed/untyped interaction. >>> >>> The contract generated for the `Any` type is now more permissive, >>> allowing more typed/untyped programs to work without contract errors. >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Vincent St-Amour >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below. Please >>>> mail me new items and/or edits. >>>> >>>> Please phrase announcements using complete sentences and avoid the >>>> word "now". >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> general: >>>> - HTTPS (for pkg catalog, and others) >>>> >>>> mflatt: >>>> - incremental GC (ba8103bbde441e38df8dce16e6cbfd36f72c1ce0) >>>> - add `internal-definition-context-{binding-identifier,track}` (0e16ce4be) >>>> - deterministic bytecode generation (2743ea06bbc and others) >>>> - `procedure-specialize` (db0a6de1d2d5d3059ec971275b287860c5bda6e2) >>>> - openssl 'secure protocol (92f1bfa4d23e0a691778b814a5956c849bb3af83) >>>> - libssl on Mac (273bc4ea4914cbe73bbb343015cc4fdeb3a1c6a4) >>>> - windows code signing (666c5f1557703ed24272387f9272321ded2ecf7f) >>>> >>>> robby: >>>> - contract performance improvements (various) >>>> - racket/contract/combinator exports cleanup (99d7ad56d954) >>>> >>>> jay: >>>> - `read-cdot` and related parameters (551e4d5a0d395) >>>> - doc categories (2e34599ce37068072a98d8b14a3065bfc31848b5) >>>> - cheat sheet >>>> >>>> asumu: >>>> - Make id-table API more hash-like (14d25abd 92fc1f41) >>>> >>>> stamourv: >>>> - additions to `racket/random` >>>> >>>> Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado: >>>> - Add config for linux/ppc64. (e957a7d6557f9718ba8493c20675b75a1145084a) >>>> >>>> Alex Knauth: >>>> - Allow separate read and write contracts for box/c (67e3899272792c2e5) >>>> >>>> >>>> Other repos: >>>> >>>> redex: >>>> - robby / Paul Stansifer: binding specifications (6410411) >>>> >>>> scribble: >>>> - mflatt: scribble/examples (50f835c) >>>> - florence: allow manipulation of scribble.tex imports (2881ef2) >>>> >>>> plot: >>>> - bennn: jitter (fc4f7e2) >>>> >>>> pict: >>>> - florence: pict/convertible changes (b95113d) >>>> - stamourv: codeblock-pict (29806e2) >>>> >>>> typed racket: >>>> - contract performance improvements >>>> - typechecking performance improvements >>>> >>>> profile / contract profile: >>>> - stamourv: add raco profile / raco contract-profile >>>> - stamourv: overhaul contract-profile output >>>> >>>> htdp: >>>> - mflatt: performance improvements for world from incremental GC? >>>> >>>> drracket: >>>> - robby: anything major? >>>> >>>> gui: >>>> - avoid using high-power GPU on Mac? >>>> - scrolling speed improvements? >>>> >>>> string-constants: >>>> - robby / Alexander Shopov: Added bulgarian translation (fb04c62) >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Developers" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/m2mvrt7c1c.wl-stamourv%40eecs.nort >> hwestern.edu. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAK%3DHD%2BaewTj9APKnhbgiAidxN%3DP >> ftC%3DyM-fi1NbHjA06suzp6A%40mail.gmail.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAL3TdOMbWHYAKO0%3DqWLtDrNmU%2B-Mh >> Q8tYvhWQzXLtVwaFEABog%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/56a97a56.020f620a.1b030.5bf8SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40mx.google.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. 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