Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 1997 16:54:12 +1100
From:	Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject:	Re: FYI: speed of Allegro/DJGPP
In-reply-to:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.971103103246.14641K-100000@is>
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization:	Tait Electronics Limited
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Comments:	Authenticated sender is <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>

On  3 Nov 97 at 10:33, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 600K for TMPDIR is only enough for *very* short sources.  When the

Eh? Depends on your idea of short. I don't routinely compile GNU 
sources on my 386, so very short to me is <1k with no headers.

> RAM drive fills, gcc aborts very ungracefully, and with error
> messages that don't always make sense (sometimes it says ``virtual
> memory exhausted'', sometimes just ``Abort!'', sometimes it
> SIGSEGVs.  Such a small TMPDIR requires a lot of vigilance.

Yes, but I don't normally work with programs so big they generate 
600k temp files. anyway, if I need the space, I just zap the unused 
compiler.

> People seldom use both cc1 and cc1plus at the same time.

True, but I was grouping them. cc1plus uncompressed is 1.6M (? can't 
remeber, I compressed it a while ago) and even a 12M machine pages, 
so the cache gets filled with cc1plus and virtual memory, not much 
use to me when I can wind up pulling in a dozen headers repeatedly.

However, I agree with you totaly that my setup is not for the faint 
of heart. It does often require fine tuning.

Bill
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