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From: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
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Subject: 19.15b90: slow status messages

Trying to debug a problem, I ran this

(progn
  (let ((i 1))
    (while (<= i 1000)
      (message "Counting %d" i)
      (setq i (1+ i)))))

I was stunned at how slowly it ran.  Try it.  I wonder how much
faster VM would startup if I didn't print status messages.

