[developers] Re: pending/674: generator broken on everything except the ERG?

[Stephan Oepen]

> The other thing is that it's apparently a lot slower with these
> little grammars than it used to be.  I don't have timings for the old
> version, but it now taking up to a minute to generate from an 8 word
> sentence with the grammar that's supposed to be the end point of our
> practicals - there are a lot of realisations, but I'm sure it wasn't
> that slow before.

that sounds troubling.  the published claim is that we generate about
twenty times faster now than things used to be.  do you have any kind
of comparison data (actual timings, edge counts, whatever)?  where is
the time spent currently?  if you provide the grammar and a pointer to
an earlier LKB version that you know worked faster, i would be tempted
to try and investigate this further.

> could you keep me up to date by describing anything you check in over
> the next few weeks, please?

yes, in fact i think it would be useful if we all made it a habit to
email `developers' whenever we do something potentially relevant.  how
do others feel about this?  i realize ann and i are currently filling
up quite a number of mailboxes, but myself i am typically content just
skimming potentially relevant traffic, thus getting some idea of what
people are currently up to ... 

                                                        cheers  -  oe

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