Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:56:10 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199606290056.UAA11921@delorie.com>
To: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199606282349.AA222955744@relay1.geis.com> (j.aldrich6@genie.com)
Subject: Re: hello world compile time


> Besides, hello world is not a realistic case for measuring compilation
> speed - no matter what program you compile you will still have the
> overhead of loading the compiler's programs.  Try DJGPP with a
> 50000 line program and then see how fast it is.  :)

For the record, on a Pentium 166, gcc can build itself - with O2
optimizing! - in under ten minutes.