Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:14:53 +0200 (IST)
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Peter Karp wrote:

> BTW, I thought it might be faster to compile programs from plain DOS,

In my experience, compiling from DOS is about 30% faster.

> But to my surprise the compilation was faster in a windows DOS-Box.
> When I loaded smartdrv in plain DOS the times were nearly equal, so I
> guess the DPMI and the HD cache made the difference first!?

Install a RAM disk in the DOS configuration, point TMPDIR environment
variable to that RAM disk, and you will see that DOS is faster.

See section 3.9 of the FAQ for more advice about optimal DOS setup.