Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/06/30/22:46:26
In article <31d51be6 DOT 1025944 AT nntpserver DOT swip DOT net>, Robert Fremin
<robert DOT fremin AT mailbox DOT swipnet DOT se> writes
>>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 =)
>>
>Are you running Windows-NT then (because of the P6)? I have seen some really
>efficient caching with NT, so maybe all DJGPP files are held in memory...
Even Win95 does a reasonable job, about 6 secs the first time, <3 secs
for subsequent compiles on a P75 with 40M RAM.
5 meg of ram seems dangerously low for djgpp, maybe thats the problem,
especially if some of is being used for disk caching perhaps?
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Paul Shirley
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