Re: hash arrays and other mysteries
Re: hash arrays and other mysteries
- Subject: Re: hash arrays and other mysteries
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 17:56:46 -0700
At 16:23 +0100 10/19/2001, has wrote:
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I can understand that compiling a string as executable code takes a certain
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amount of time, and that doing this during runtime has implications for the
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"parent" script's speed. Except Smile's "do script" does the same thing,
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but in a fraction of the time. I don't understand why. Maybe Smile has its
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own built-in compiler that happens to be faster than Applescript's own? Or
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some other reason?
I believe that, outside Style, there is a Component load needed. Style
likely keeps the Component loaded while it's running, since it's likely to
be asked to compile pretty much any time.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA