Re: Suggestions for improving gcc 3.2 compilation speed?

[Biagio Lucini <lucini at thphys dot ox dot ac dot uk>]

Could you give me an example of a fast compiler? My only term of
comparison is the Intel one, and with it it takes ages to compile the most
trivial program.

Biagio

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Lars Segerlund wrote:

>
>   I like gcc, however I think this pinpoints the problem of using it for
> real software developement, it's painfully slow and getting slower all
> the time. When I get some time I will also look if I can give some help
> in making it faster, however this is a problem since people are starting
> to abandon gcc, ( for everything exept trivial stuff ).
>
>   Gcc would need a 50 % speedup in this case to be deemed usefull, and I
> believe a speedup of 100%-200% would be necessary in order to put it on
> par with most other compilers.
>
>   I just want to point out this in retrospect of the previous discussion
> about compilation speed as a real issue, not to restart the debate.
>
>   / Lars Segerlund.
>