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Re: GCC 3.3 compile speed regression - AN ANSWER

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk>
Cc: Joel Sherrill <joel dot sherrill at OARcorp dot com>, Steven Bosscher <s dot bosscher at student dot tudelft dot nl>, Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>, "Michael S. Zick" <mszick at goquest dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:17:02 +1030
Subject: Re: GCC 3.3 compile speed regression - AN ANSWER
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On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:31:15PM +0000, Neil Booth wrote:
> Joel Sherrill wrote:-
> 
> > Has anyone looked at how much the binutils contribute to the end to
> > end performance question?  gas is involved in every compile and ld is
> > involved in every program link.  I just don't recall it every being
> > mentioned.
> 
> Oohhh.  Is this a serious attempt at passing the buck?  8-)
> 
> (No, this post isn't serious and doesn't really merit a response).

Heh.  In certain cases, ld indeed spends considerable time attempting to
merge strings.  See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2003-01/msg01403.html

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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