Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 10:37:39 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Tom Wheeley <tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: c:\Compiling............ Zzzzz..... :)
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Tom Wheeley wrote:

> The only thing about gcc that I can think of as presumably slowing it down
> other than its optimisation and generality, is its use of the temporary files.

I don't think that could be a reason for any significant slowdown.  You
can point TMPDIR to a RAM disk, in which case the temporary files'
operations are just memory moves; however, this only slashes about 20-30%
off the compilation time.