GCC 3.3 compile speed regression - AN ANSWER

[Devang Patel]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 05:32 AM, Per Abrahamsen wrote:

> Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> writes:
>
>> Has anyone looked at how much the binutils contribute to the end to
>> end performance question?  gas is involved in every compile and ld is
>> involved in every program link.  I just don't recall it every being
>> mentioned.
>
> Speeding up ld would help my edit/compile/run cycle far more than
> speeding up gcc.
>
> Probably because gcc typically only have to compile one file after an
> edit, while ld has to link 219 files.
>
> Of course, for the rare cases where I have to build from scratch, gcc
> is dominating.

At Apple we are trying to improve edit/compile/run cycle using more than
one approach. One of them is "Symbol Separation". I send out one email
about it few days ago on t his list. So far I've not received any 
response.

-Devang