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Re: GCC 3.3 compile speed regression - AN ANSWER


Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com> writes:

| On Monday 10 February 2003 01:58 pm, Steven Bosscher wrote:
| > > Op ma 10-02-2003, om 20:47 schreef Mike Stump:
| > > > On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 06:31 AM, Michael S. Zick wrote:
| > > > > Who is complaining?  If we can define the group for which this is a
| > > > > concern, then perhaps we can define a way to satisfy that group.
| > > >
| > > > Apple is complaining on behalf of our users.
| > >
| > > The thread on linux-kernel was also quite clear.  Some people even
| > > discussing a fork.
| 
| For speeding up compilation times?  What changes would they make in such
| a fork that couldn't be made in the mainline compiler?

I didn't follow that disussion, but I can imagine some changes -- like
massive data structure and algorithm changes --  that aren't suitable
for 3.3 (in this development phase).

-- Gaby
 


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