This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: Faster compilation speed
- From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at transmeta dot com>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
- Cc: dberlin at dberlin dot org, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <kevin at atkinson dot dhs dot org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 09:47:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Faster compilation speed
On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> <<Hmm. I can't imagine what is there that is inherently cyclic, but breaking
> the cycles might be more painful than it's worth, so I'll take your word
> for it.
> >>
>
> Indeed it may be perfectly acceptable to simply ignore the cycles, garbage
> collection is not a functional requirement here, just a space optimization.
Well, at some point space "optimizations" do actually become functional
requirements. When you need to have a gigabyte of real memory in order to
compile some things in a reasonable timeframe, it has definitely become
functional ;)
Linus