precedence of setInterval, eval and print execution

Is there a possibility of keeping the connection open? I think that could help as well - as there's a bit of extra work that has to be done by Espruino when the connection is created... It all adds a delay.

Definitely:

• Keeping the connection open
  
• Adding your own handler for received data on the socket rather than using the console
  
  

Should improve things a lot for you I imagine.