Consider NodeJS compiler instead of bootsrapping

[jcubic]

Simple script is very slow.

This file:

(define-syntax foo
  (syntax-rules ()
    ((foo)
     (begin
       (define x 32)
       (print x)))))
(foo)

Executes:

real    0m0.520s
user    0m1.044s
sys     0m0.126s

But removing dependency on Scheme libraries and disabling bootstrapping:

(define (print x)
  (display x)
  (display "\n"))

(define foo
  (syntax-rules ()
    ((foo)
     (begin
       (define x 32)
       (print x)))))
(foo)

executes much faster:

real	0m0,176s
user	0m0,188s
sys	0m0,082s

A thing to consider to speed things up, create a compiler that will check what symbols were used and include that in an output file that will be saved next to the source file. This will speed up execution next time the script is executed.

It will be something like Guile or Python is doing.

Note that it's not a real compiler only something similar to .xcb files that are created to speed up parsing time.