Date: Fri, 25 Mar 94 16:50:27 -0500
From: dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To: jcrigler AT orl DOT mmc DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: precompiled headers

> On a related subject, (Yes, I know this is really a FSF question, but I'm
> asking here anyhow...), has any work been done on precompiled headers for
> gcc?  This would improve compile speed.   BTW, yes, I already know that BCC
> supports this, but I seem to recall seeing an academic paper on this subject
> recently.

There is some code in gcc for precompiled headers, but it doesn't work
right and in fact blows up on DOS, so it is disabled.  I don't think
the FSF has any plans to implement it at this time.