Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 21:55:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: ALAN L HIGHTOWER <alh AT engr DOT engr DOT uark DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Faster compiling times
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Wed, 14 Sep 1994, Francesc Guasch-Ortiz wrote:

> I've been testing djgpp in two computers : a 486 DX 50 and a 486 DX 25, both
> with 4 Megs of RAM, and both give veeeery slow compilation times.

> I'd like to know if the Ram is the main reason for the slow times. 

     Depends, if it seems like its swaping a lot to disk, most likely, Yes.

> If it is what is the next step ?  
     
    A)  Go through all that your loading in config.sys and autoexec.bat.  
        Strip it down do the bare minimum.  i.e. unload SmartDrv, etc.  I 
        wouldn't worry about loading things high since the amount of 
        conventional ram doesn't make that much of a difference.

    B)  Get more ram.


> Will it go faster with 6 Megs, 8 , or maybe i gotta upgrade to 16 ? 

    Most likely, Yes.  I had 4 and it swaped a fair amount, after upgrading
to 8, it hardly ever hit the disk.

> (with other compilers the same program goes very quick) 

    That's because they're not "special".  :)))