x86 implementation for GCC development

[Florian Weimer]

<guerby@acm.org> writes:

> For reference, on my P3 1GHz laptop, i686-pc-linux-gnu bootstrap for
> "c,ada" takes 45 minutes, "ada,c,c++,f77" takes 1 hour,
> gnatlib_and_tools is an additional 5 minutes. For "c,c++,f77", make
> check is 45 minutes, and ACATS is 35 minutes.

After looking at the test results for Athlon XP processors and some
personal tests on a Dual 1 GHz Pentium III box (slightly under 40
minutes for Ada + C + GNAT tools), I decided to buy an Athlon-based
System (with 1.6 GHz clock speed), which compiles the C and Ada front
ends and the Ada library and tools in about 25 minutes, which is quite
impressive compared to over three long hours on my old system. :-)

(BTW: I'm typing this on the new system, please forgive any errors in
the mail setup.)