"rerdavies" <rerdavies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> NGEN.EXE will precompile MSIL to native code; actually calling a method
> will
> compile the MSIL to native. Is there another way to do this?
>
> The application: an audio programming language, where the cost of the
> initial JIT compile in the pretty-darned-close-to-realtime thread is not
> acceptable.
>
> The proof-of-concept code , as a temporary workaround, uses a flag to make
> called methods do nothing, just so I can get them compiled. But there has
> to
> be a better way to do this.
>
>
>

"rerdavies" <rerdavies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This would be for 2.0.
>
> A global configuration option sounds promising. A method for actually
> forcing the compile without calling the method would be even better, if
> the
> global configuration option does it on a background thread basis.
>
> If you could provide a hook or a starting point (method, search term,
> broad-strokes concept), I would be very grateful. I can run down the
> details.
> For some reason a search on ".net warming" returns lots of information on
> Global Warming of the planetary kind, even on site:microsoft.com. ;-)
>
>
>
> "Alvin Bruney" wrote:
>
>> What framework is this? 1.x or 2? For 2, .NET allows you to warm an
>> application. This is configurable and basically just calls each method -
>> similar to ngen. For 1.x, you will have to write a manual warmer
>> application. You can get clever by wrapping the warmer call inside a
>> static
>> method. When the thread of initialization passes thru sometime before the
>> application actually starts up, your methods should be nice and ready.
>>
>> --
>>
>> ________________________
>> Warm regards,
>> Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]
>>
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>>
>> "rerdavies" <rerdavies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:655EFF70-F31B-4FB2-ADA1-90ECB6E8568E@microsoft.com...
>> > NGEN.EXE will precompile MSIL to native code; actually calling a method
>> > will
>> > compile the MSIL to native. Is there another way to do this?
>> >
>> > The application: an audio programming language, where the cost of the
>> > initial JIT compile in the pretty-darned-close-to-realtime thread is
>> > not
>> > acceptable.
>> >
>> > The proof-of-concept code , as a temporary workaround, uses a flag to
>> > make
>> > called methods do nothing, just so I can get them compiled. But there
>> > has
>> > to
>> > be a better way to do this.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>