From:	av568 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu (Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Why is DJGPP so SLOW???
Date:	15 Apr 1997 23:23:04 GMT
Organization:	The Rio Grande Free-Net, El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX
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Johan (JSO0605 AT kp DOT ssdn DOT skelleftea DOT se) wrote:
> I run DJGPP on a P100 with 8 Megs of RAM. And i run DJGPP
> in plain dos mode, not through WIN95 or NT 4. I takes
> about 1 Minute to compile a little program.

> And i compile like this:

> gcc test.cpp -o test.exe

> And it takes ages....

This is discussed in the FAQ (sections 3.9, 7.1, and 7.2) but briefly:

 * make sure you have a disk cache installed
 * make sure you have a ramdrive installed, and that your TMPDIR 
   environment variable points to the ramdrive

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