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From: kirkenda@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Steve Kirkendall)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d
Subject: -DFASTLOAD for Elvis
Keywords: elvis fastload dos
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Date: 7 Sep 90 18:15:54 GMT
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Reply-To: kirkenda@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Steve Kirkendall)
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Under DOS, Elvis may start up faster if you compile it with -DFASTLOAD in
your CFLAGS.

-DFASTLOAD causes Elvis to read several whole sectors at a time while loading
a text file.  This was intended to reduce the start-up time for Elvis, but
under UNIX it had no measurable effect on Elvis' speed.  So I figured it was
a bust.

But now I've been told that -DFASTLOAD *does* help DOS users.  You may wish
to try it.  If you do, please let know know what effect (if any) you notice.
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