Speed of keyboard macro execution?

[Perry E. Metzger]

This video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWy8zzdbRIY

discussed on this reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vp583/macros_in_gnu_emacs_and_mg_speed_comparison/

discusses the fact that in some cases, keyboard macros take an awful
long time to execute. (In particular, the case in question executes in
a blink of an eye in the mg emacs-like editor and takes tens of
minutes to execute in Gnu Emacs.)

Perhaps it would be good to dig in to what is causing the issues in
question...

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Perry E. Metzger                address@hidden