From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: slow operation
Date:	3 Aug 2003 21:34:01 GMT
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Klayhamn <psycho AT isdn DOT net DOT il> wrote:

> and i'm running this on a P166mhz with 128MB ram...
> Just as comparison -- with TurboC 3.0 it takes virtually NO TIME at all
> (compiles before i blink) -

Unfortunately, TurboC isn't really playing the same game.  For
starters, this program is C++, not C.  That makes a *big* difference.

NOTE: Borland also has a C++ compiler, but none that bears version
number 3.0 and would be able to digest ANSI Standard C++ sources.

> and i am able to use intense software without much trouble (like ARACHNE web
> browser for DOS for example)

Compilation of C++ sources is a lot more "intense" than you seem to be
aware of.  It's long been known that about the best test to check for
general stability of a new machine is to compile large-ish programs
with GCC on it.

> so is it just DJGPP being "more sophisticated" or simply going through a
> lenghtier process --

Both of those.

> or is it the fact i'm only compiling/linking/making from within the RHIDE
> ide?

That certainly isn't making things any easier.

> or is it the Pentium 166mhz (although i doubt it)...?

To a rather significant extent, it is.

> What do you guys think, and is it some known issue that can be fixed?

Hard to tell.  This could easily be a problem largely caused by
insufficient tuning of your DOS configuration.  In particular, of your
disk cache settings.  If the compilation time doesn't decrease by quite
a lot if you repeat the compilation from the command line at least 
twice in a row:

	gpp -o Hello Hello.cpp
	gpp -o Hello Hello.cpp

your disk cache is in need of a tweak.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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