I noticed that the size of the CS version is 244% compare to BS
version. Wondering why it became so large. Does that mean Chez Scheme
runtime/vm 100 MB larger than the original one?
Racket Mac OS X
64-bit Intel 116.7 MB SHA1: 521b5a264afcfb3f390afacc682987268f650a25
Racket CS Mac OS X
64-bit Intel 285.8 MB SHA1: 060f311fc6621c5797a62f98b743499fa4277793
https://pre-release.racket-lang.org/
Matthew Flatt 在 2020年7月30日 星期四下午8:46:42 [UTC+8] 的信中寫道：
> With the improvements in the upcoming v7.8 release, Racket CS provides
> all of the functionality of Racket BC (the current default
> implementation). Also, end-to-end performance measurements
> increasingly favor Racket CS. For example, Racket CS now builds a
> distribution slightly faster and in slightly less memory than Racket
> BC:
>
> https://build-plot.racket-lang.org/
>
> https://build-plot-cs.racket-lang.org/
>
> It's time to consider shifting the Racket release to use Racket CS as
> the default --- while Racket BC will remain an option for a long time
> to come.
>
> We (the release managers) propose the following rule to trigger the
> switch to Racket CS in the default distribution:
>
> Between this release and the next, if Racket CS testing and use
> uncover no bugs that are more serious than ones typically discovered
> for Racket BC, then Racket CS becomes the default for the next
> release.
>
> At the earliest, the switch would happen with the release *after* the
> soon-to-be-released v7.8. Our expectation is that the switch would
> happen with the next release (in October), but we'll see how that
> expectation lines up with reality.
>
> This rule is somewhat subjective, in that "more serious" and "typical"
> are in the eye of the beholder, but we keep a close eye on the results
> of the pkg-build service as well as Racket tests. We'll also count
> performance problems as bugs, so Racket CS must not have substantial
> known performance problems relative to Racket BC.
>
> Jay, John, Matthew, Matthias, Robby, Ryan, Sam, and Vincent
> (the release managers)
>
>
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