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From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: why are C compiles so slow?
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Date: 23 Nov 89 03:36:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!beaucham    Nov 22 21:36:00 1989


In developing new programs in C I find that the most time is taken in waiting
for compile and link (including some fairly large libraries).  ( I am working 
with a genuine 6 MHz AT.)  Even if I go to V DISK, it is still slow.  My 
question is -- What factors most strongly determine the speed of compile?

If I upgrade to a 386 CPU using, for instance, the MicroWay FastCACHE-AT/SX
board (which includes 32K cache), will I see a big improvement?

Jim Beauchamp	j-beauchamp@uiuc.edu