Speaking as a user of TR, I would really far prefer that the compilation time shrank before there were more optimizations.
The *perceived* time between hitting F5 and getting a prompt is huge. In my class, when I run a typed program, there are nervous titters and jokes about how long it's going to take. Obviously I, and the students making the jokes, like TR overall -- some of my students are even doing all their coursework in TR. But I'm sure you've seen the studies on how people can perceive even small delays (Google found that a half-second delay led to a 20% loss in user traffic). Shriram _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
