GCC 3.3 compile speed regression - AN ANSWER

[Robert Dewar]

> The thread on linux-kernel was also quite clear.  Some people even
> discussing a fork.

Actually a fork which concentrated on compile speed issues is not
necessarily a bad idea, since it can be an experimentation ground for
trying out ideas. Just to be clear, I quite realize that there are
plenty of people who would like gcc to be faster (as we know from this
list for example, there are people with very slow machines who find
the speed particularly painful). My point was that it would appear that
the commercial companies willing to put $$$ into gcc are not putting
$$$ into this particular aspect (again I cited Apple as an exception).
Perhaps that's wrong, but it sure seems like at least partially a
resource issue to me.