compileIt for revolution?

[Jon]

Total agreement...

Gordon Webster wrote:

>I would absolutely echo what Dennis has just said. I
>was initially really impressed with rev and I should
>say I still am in certain respects - comfort and ease
>of use, the elegant and intuitive language and
>stack/card paradigm etc. etc.
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>But I have been unable to get rev to do what I want it
>to do behind the scenes (i.e. my application logic)
>without jumping through the kinds of hoops that Dennis
>describes - effectively negating all the advantages of
>programming in Transcript that I just outlined.
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>And even when I could get the code working, man it was
>SLOW. It was discouraging to see Python easily outrun
>rev for the equivalent code - I mean I love Python and
>all, but it's hardly the gold standard for speed.
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