Re: Gawk v24.7: Why Bother???

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From: Beirne Konarski
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 00:00

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Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de) wrote:
: robertl@arnet.com (Robert Lipe) writes:

: but what *is* really slow is the startup time if I "use Tk". Maybe it's
: related to my statically linking everything, maybe it's Tk itself. Does
: anybody else experience slow TkPerl startup time as well?

I've noticed the same thing, and I link Tk dynamically.  I end up with a huge
program in memory, so I figure that's the price of programming convenience.
Also, my one Tk program stays up all day, so I can tolerate a slow startup.

Beirne

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From: bkonarsk@condor.mcs.kent.edu (Beirne Konarski)
Subject: Re: Gawk v24.7: Why Bother???
Date: 1995/04/29
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