From: Mr WT Wong <wtwong AT fawlty8 DOT eng DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
Subject: Compilation Speed and Windows Dos Shell
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP List)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 09:40:03 +1000 (EST)

Hi all,
	I noticed a large discrepancy in the compilation times of gcc
	when running under normal dos and under the dos prompt in windows.
	It runs very much faster under the windows dos prompt. I timed the
	compilation of a c++ object file and while it took about 8 minutes
	under dos, it was all over in about 30 seconds under windows !!
	Any reason why this should be so ? Furthermore the dos shell was 
	set to execute in the background.
	Not that I mind the speed up :-) but I'd sure like to know why.
	Thanks for any answers.
regards,
John
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