Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 12:03:12 +0000 (O)
From: MAHMOUD AT esic DOT eun DOT eg
Subject: Re: Faster compiling times
To: alh AT engr DOT engr DOT uark DOT edu
Cc: 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".  :)))
> 

Well, we have faced this problem, but its solution is simple. Just run
DOS memmaker and change application use expanded memory to yes. You will
have a dramatic fast compilation.

--Mahmoud