From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: gcc compiles so slow?
Date:	Sat, 14 Dec 1996 13:24:12 -0800
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Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> 
> Is there a possibility of having gcc support the pipe (ie -pipe) under
> MS-DOS?  Or is this just another inferiority to UNIX that can't be worked
> around?

Well, even if gcc did use pipes, DOS itself uses temporary files to
store the data in a pipe, so there would be zero net gain in speed. 
Perhaps under a multitasking shell like bash, supporting -pipe might be
an option, but until bash becomes both more stable and more universal,
it's not worth the effort.

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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