Re: Some experience with the igc branch

[Gerd Möllmann]

Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com> writes:

> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>>>> With igc the pauses are still there, but they much shorter and
>>>> predictable, they no longer distract me from thinking on what I'm
>>>> writing, which is a huge improvement. I suspect that some of those
>>>> pauses are not related to garbage collection (executing code and moving
>>>> data also takes time.)
>>>
>>> Quite possible.  Even if it is GC, please keep in mind that MPS has many
>>> settings which you can play with, and it can improve things a lot.  It's
>>> not too early to become a fan of the scratch/igc branch, but it is too
>>> early to reject it for performance reasons.  It's a "heads you lose, tails I
>>> win" situation, I guess.
>>>
>>>> TL/DR: now I enjoy using Emacs with this setup and I'm no longer tempted
>>>> to switch to other editors for this type of work.
>>>
>>> I think this is an important point: ultimately, it's about having daily
>>> drivers.  We need to remove the remaining impediments for that:
>>>
>>> 1. The signal issue.  I don't have a good way to fix this and make
>>> everyone happy, but I do have a solution which hasn't caused a crash for
>>> me in quite a while.  It may be good enough.
>>
>> TBH, I'd have put it in already.
>
> Pushed it now.  It is imperfect, but better than crashing.

100%. Thanks!

>
>>> 2. no-purespace.  Merging that into scratch/igc would help, well, me.
>>> What do others think?
>>
>> Doesn't affect me much.
>
> Well, it does cause some noise, so I thought I'd ask first.
>
> Pip

That's nice of you.