To: Stephen Turnbull <turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp>
Cc: enok AT lysator DOT liu DOT se, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Optimize your PC 
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 09:57:34 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>

>     I would like to note that when I built Ghostscript, my experience
> was basically the same as yours (that is, 4MB is tight and a 1MB cache
> is about right; with >8MB---I actually have 12MB, a 2MB cache is about

Another useful thing to do is ti set go32=....topline, then watch
the physical RAM numbers as the compilation proceeds.

>     I emphasize that this is just a guess, but I thought I would throw
> these observations (that the linker on a large system of small source
> files will use many times as much memory as the compilation phase, and
> that late in the development stage, linking will dominate the build
> time) out for the consideration of those who know what they are
> talking about.  (And for the use of FAQ compilers.)

I hear you.  A note along these lines *will* go into the FAQ.