On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:39 AM Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> wrote:

the first time caching takes some 23 sec on my (also not that new)
machine but after that loading takes way less time (some .4 sec)

 
same results here for texlive 2018 on linux64bit
Without cache 
system          | total runtime: 23.496 seconds
Withcache
system          | total runtime: 1.515 seconds

No problem with context  texlive 2018 & context with latest experimental

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luigi