[Mono-list] mono performance, 20x differential with Java (what am i doing wrong)

[Alan McGovern]

Feel free to contribute the changes required to remove the limitations on
when/where mono performs TCO. That would allow you to contribute F# patches
if you wish.

Contributors and patches are always welcome.

Alan.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Jon Harrop <jon at ffconsultancy.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 30 January 2010 12:59:43 Jonathan Shore wrote:
> > On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:42 PM, Rodrigo Kumpera wrote:
> > > By the way, guys, the mono community is very welcoming to both external
> > > contribution and feedback. So if you guys make a compelling case for
> TCO,
> > > maybe Miguel can get someone to have it fixed.
> >
> > Well, I'm not sure how to make a compelling case ; ), other than that to
> > allow standard F# programs to execute on mono would require TCO.   TC's
> are
> > a fundamental in F#.
>
> And F# will be a standard .NET language as part of VS2010 in 2 months.
>
> > I'm not sure how big the F# community is.  I would guess it is not that
> > large at the moment, but seems to have a lot of growth.
>
> The F# Hub has 16,582 registered members. The mono-devel Ubuntu package has
> 19,792 installs and 2,309 active users.
>
> If the F# community is not already bigger than the Mono community then it
> certainly will be when Microsoft drop it on 10,000,000 developers for free
> in
> March.
>
> > F# joining the list of fully supported languages in VS2010 should attract
> > much wider use. Some of these users will be looking for a cross-platform
> > solution.
>
> I believe two or three of our ~1,000 customers is trying to use F# on Linux
> or
> Mac OS X.
>
> > If it counts for anything, would love to be able to use this on mono ;)
>
> Yes. Many people (such as myself) would also be far more inclined to
> contribute code to Mono if it could be written in F#. I have no desire to
> write C#.
>
> --
> Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
> http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e
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