[Trac #124] --hash-style for decreased load times

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#124: --hash-style for decreased load times
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 Reporter:  bluefoxicy   |        Owner:  blizzard
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  gamma   
Component:  distro       |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:               |  
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Changes (by jg):

  * priority:  low => normal

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:1 cjb]:
 > Since this technique only works for ELF binaries, and most of the code
 we run during use of the laptop (I assume) will be native Python code,
 this isn't much more than a boot-time optimisation for us.  Nice to have,
 but we have bigger performance issues to deal with first.

 Hmmm...

 Chris; think a bit further out: once we know where the cycles really go,
 any serious CPU burner will need to be rewritten into something other than
 an interpreted language, and building our key applications and libraries
 well is important.

 One of the failures of the Newton was that it burned its batteries, by
 only using an interpreter.

 Performance tools are your friends; we'll measure, and then optimize; but
 don't overlook this technique.

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