Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/06/29/18:58:20
Reply to message 0942111 from MUEL0115 AT GOLD on 06/28/96 9:51PM
>I am running a pentium pro (p6) 200 mhz with 32 megs of memory, and 48 megs
>in swap. djgpp compiles the hello world program basically instantaneously,
>so I am guessing minimal time is based on disk-access times. The hardward is
>slowing it all down again .. ugh. Damned hardware =)
Rather, it sounds like you have some sort of caching going on, like
smartdrv or a ramdisk. The actual compilation time for 'hello world'
is miniscule; the delay comes because the DJGPP programs have
to load themselves every time you compile. If you have a large cache,
then this load time is no longer a factor. Likewise if your DJGPP progs
are on a ramdisk or something similar.
John
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