7 Compiler and Linker Performance

This chapter deals with speed of compilation and linking under DJGPP, and how they could be improved.

If you already know whether the compiler or the linker is the slow part, go to the appropriate section; if not, add -v to your GCC command line and run it again. With the -v switch, GCC will print all the programs it invokes, and you will be able to tell which one is taking most of the time.

• Slow compiler: How to make the compiler faster.
• Slow linker: How to boost the linking speed.