Re: Potential GSoC proposal: Reduce the speed gap between 'ghc -c' and 'ghc --make'

Questions:

Would implementing this optimisation be a worthwhile/realistic GSoC project? What are other potential ways to bring 'ghc -c' performance up to par with 'ghc --make'?

I implemented a ghc server that runs several persistent ghcs, and distributes compiles among them. It seemed to work, but the speed gains weren't what I'd hoped for. But perhaps I was doing something dumb that hurt performance. I'd be happy to upload the source if you're interested.