[PD] linux - faster load first time

[Andy Farnell]

Yes this is page/cache feature and seen with many apps. If you have 
a very frequently used app that you want to load fast each time then
consider creating a RAM disk. Study Knoppix and Puredyne to see that
in action. A start script to load Pd bins into RAM and then set the
path to them. Useful for performance situations maybe.

On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:10:27 +0200
Atte André Jensen <atte.jensen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> When I run pd the first time it takes a while to load, the second time 
> it's much faster. I use a bash script to load my session (ardour, muse, 
> pd + more) so if pd isn't running before muse, muse can't connect it's 
> midi outs to pd's midi in.
> 
> I assume the load time is a matter of loading a binary, that's cached 
> the second time. If so, where's the big binary? I tried running "cat 
> /usr/local/bin/pd > /dev/null" in the beginning of my bash script, but 
> that didn't seem to work.
> 
> If the above is a blind alley, whe could be done to speed up pd loadtime 
> the first time?
> 
> NB: pd is version 0.40.3, and I'm running debian/linux...
> 
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> Atte
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