I've found out that with the -savecompiled option the delay is not so pitiful... see http://playlatam.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/first-steps-with-scala-revisited-

I've found out that with the -savecompiled option the delay is not so pitiful... see http://playlatam.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/first-steps-with-scala-revisited-bash-and-python-strikes-back/#performance http://playlatam.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/first-steps-with-s...