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Re: gcc-3.0 release. Compilation time
On 30 Jul 2001 18:08:15 -0300
Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Jul 29, 2001, Laurent Michel <ldm@mediaone.net> wrote:
>
> > 3 minutes 47 seconds:
>
> > With gcc 3.0 however:
> > More than 10 minutes!
>
> > #include <iostream>
> > #include <fstream>
>
> Bear in mind that these header files are now full of templates, as
> mandated by the C++ Standard, which explains in part why it takes so
> long for GCC 3.0 to compile them. People are working on improve the
> compile times, but it will take a while for it to get as fast as GCC
> 2.95, if it ever does.
>
Oh, ok I understand.
It is sad though. I hope that the people working on speed improvement will
be able to get something out of it. For the time being, I'll stick to
2.95 as 3.0 is too slow for daily work.
Thanks a lot for your answer,
> --
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Laurent