On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 09:07, Michael Urman <murman@gmail.com> wrote:
I think Glenn Linderman hit the use cases on the head; I'm unclear why
he was against the overhead of a helper executable.

Interpreter startup time is increasing with every version IIRC**, so adding another slowdown means we have to step very carefully in this area. I'm +1 for much of the usability side of things, but we must remain mindful of performance.


** I've run some numbers but they're at work, so I'll have to grab them tomorrow.