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Re: Faster compilation speed
On 13-Aug-2002, Loren James Rittle <rittle@latour.rsch.comm.mot.com> wrote:
> Has anyone ever tested gcc with its own GC disabled
> but boehm-gc enabled? OK, this is a red herring question. Even if
> performance was greater, portability concerns are what caused the
> decision to build a new custom scan-GC verses reusing boehm-gc...
Yes, but GCC could use the Boehm GC on systems which supported it,
if the Boehm GC was faster...
I think this would be a very interesting experiment.
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