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Subject: Re: Cygwin slower on one computer
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Hi Magnus,

Have you tried enabling the large Windows memory cache option?  This
should increase your Cygwin compile time immensely.  The build time is
also related, as you know, to what else is taking CPU time.

Hugh

On 14/12/06, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out why Cygwin build things so much slower on one
> computer I have. We're talking about more than 3 times slower on a
> computer that ought to be a bit faster (Athlon64 at 2.2-2.4 GHz,
> compared to a  Pentium M at 1.8 GHz).

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