Re: Lilypond speed

[Graham Percival]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 12:10:18PM -0300, hernan gonzalez wrote:
> >> I read in the main.cc source that the GUILE start-up is very time 
> >> consumming. I
> >> wonder if some modification in the code could be done so that the GUILE 
> >> startup
> >> occurs once for several compilation cycles, something as (pseudocode)
> >
> > Yes, that's been done with the lilypond server.  Search the
> > lilypond-devel mailist for details.
> 
> Well, I've been searching, but I've found nothing relevant...

There you go:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2005-11/msg00024.html

> Any other hint or pointer ? I'd guessed that this is a relevant issue
> for the typical lilypond user.

No, it's not relevant for the typical lilypond user.  We'd need at
least 20 hours of programming until this became relevant for the
typical lilypond user.

Cheers,
- Graham