[shriramkmurthi]

Thanks for the kind comments. Sorry to hear about the crash, etc. We haven't gotten many reports about this; if you could file a bug report the next time (https://github.com/brownplt/pyret-lang/issues/new) we'd appreciate it! [But Firefox is _really problematic_ for various reasons. That may be half the issue.]

Pyret's compiler is actually written in Pyret itself, so that it can run entirely offline. Once you have the initial page (which could be offline), you can literally turn off all networking and continue to work forever. Of course, saving files is then a problem—but I actually do this when I'm on planes (I copy my code to another file to backup).

The _first_ load is indeed a bit of a problem. We're looking into various ways to reduce that. However, you should not have had delays on any subsequent runs. We have students in other universities, and even high schools, using it, so I don't think there's anything Brown-specific at work here. So I'm afraid it may be something to do with your particular laptop )-:.

[616c]

Don't worry, I recognized your name from the PAPL book and I think some Racket stuff. But anyway, I know who you are. :-)

If I get it to crash again, I will definitely contact you and file a bug report.

I guess the self-hosting compiler blurb on the GH repo did not really hit me. I will definitely try it offline and give it a whirl.

So what is the recommended browser then?

[shriramkmurthi]

Go with Chrome, Safari, or IE 10 for now. There's a very complicated interaction with how Firefox handles the stack.