Date: Mon, 16 Aug 93 18:35:33 -0400
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: ANDRE%brufsm DOT bitnet AT nic DOT near DOT net
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Very slow compilation


>     I'm using Gnu C++ 2.4.1 in a 386SX with 10 mb of memory.
>     Despite of the amount of memory I have and the use of smartdrv (does
> Gnu support it?) the compilation speed is so slow even for very little
> programs. I wanna know if it's possible to increase the compilation speed in
> my system? What's the best configuration for running   Gnu?

Make sure that smartdrv isn't using *all* the memory.  You want at
least 2M of available memory.  If you're using an EMS emulator, you
want free EMS memory, else you want free XMS or extended memory.