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Re: Should we remove java from the default bootstrap languages?


On 6/21/08, Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com> wrote:
> My point remains that libjava has become a serious problem in the
> development cycle of GCC.  It takes roughly 3 hours on modern hardware
> to finish a GCC bootstrap (with -j2).  A significant chunk of which is
> taken by libjava.  If we could at least reduce the overhead by not
> building all of it by default, it would be a huge win.

What do you define as "modern hardware"?


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