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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 12:31:49 +1000
From: John Newbigin <079519 AT bud DOT cc DOT swin DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject: Why is DJGPP so slow???
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> I run DJGPP on a P100 with 8 Megs of RAM. And i run DJGPP
> in plain dos mode, not through WIN95 or NT 4. I takes
> about 1 Minute to compile a little program.
> 
> And i compile like this:
> 
> gcc test.cpp -o test.exe
> 
> And it takes ages....
> 
Try a seperate compile and link.  It may just be the linker that takes a
long time.  It's easy to solve a problem once you know what the problem
is.
If you are using CWSDPMI and have virtual memory on, the linker seems to
cause a LOT of extra swapping.  Tyr turning vm off.