From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80966D45F for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 00:08:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jA1N89NY005391 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 00:08:09 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA07996 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 00:08:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from mz1.forethought.net (mzpi3.forethought.net [216.241.36.12]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jA1N86tB032350 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 00:08:08 +0100 Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=[10.0.0.2]) by mz1.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1EX5Eb-0004Uu-01 for caml-list@inria.fr; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:08:05 -0700 Message-ID: <4367F579.2070405@gushee.net> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:08:41 -0700 From: Matt Gushee User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051002) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: OCaml efficiency/optimization? References: <1130494903.8339.246224558@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1130495033.8413.246225066@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4367F559.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4367F556.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 compile:01 native:02 compiling:02 optimization:03 brian:03 comparable:04 install:05 programmer:06 buy:92 efficiency:07 optimize:09 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Brian Hurt wrote: > 3) Optimize. This includes compiling to native, and using ocamldefun, > the Ocaml Defunctorizor. What's the status of ocamldefun? I tried to install it a few months ago, but the version I downloaded wouldn't compile with Ocaml 3.08, and it didn't appear that the package was being actively maintained. > 4) Buy a faster computer. No, really- what's the programmer time worth? But if you're developing desktop software, please, please, at least regularly test the product on machines comparable to what your users use. -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA