Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 18:35:36 EDT
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: jde AT Unify DOT Com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: More on Performance
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> 3)	Undelete reports we`re creating and deleting two files there:
> 		?G2240AA.AAA	106496
> 		?G4215AA.AAA	 86016
> 	The ?-marks indicate an unknown character (undelete is clueless)

MS-DOS overwrites the first character when the file is deleted, so undelete
has no way of knowing what it was.

> 	If (as it appears) we MUST create a swap file even if one is not
> 	needed, why does the FAQ recommend against pointing GO32TMP at a
> 	ramdrive?

Probably because swap files can get very large.  If you do a system() call,
all memory your app was using gets paged out except for 100K or so of go32.

Have you tried the real-mode gcc (gcc257rm.zip)?  It might be a little faster.