Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:54:00 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Josh Stevens <jstev AT gladstone DOT uoregon DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: What's with beta4?! Can you say s-l-o-w? I need help.


On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Josh Stevens wrote:

> >This is almost certainly a byproduct of not upgrading CWSDPMI at the
> >same time.  Get beta 9.  Also check for whatever other zips you missed.
> 
> I wish you were right, but I just rechecked, and I *do* have the beta9
> version of CWSDPMI.  And I was running it when the problems occurred.

Try compiling with gcc 2.6.3, then linking with 2.7.1 and running under 
beta4.  If you get your original speed back, it's the compiler which now 
produces slower code.  If not, it's something in the library which runs 
much slower.

You can also run a program compiled with beta3 under CWSDPMI beta09 and 
compare the results.

> Another problem I encountered was that the compiler seemed to freeze
> pretty frequently.  Beta3 never freezes on me.

Please try to give more details about when it happens.  Beta4 never 
freezed for me, even in very large compiles.  Does it happen when running 
programs distributed with beta4, or when running your programs?