Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 12:50:21 +0200 (MDT)
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject: Re: Speed of DJGPP?
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At 08.49 1997-06-05 +1000, you wrote:
>> I read somewhere that DJGPP compiled a file at about half the time Borland
>> C++ did. I can't agree with this, because I think DJGPP is really really
>> slow in compiling files. And that is not only on my 486/66, also on my
>> friends Pentiums and other computers. A friend of mine uses Watcom instead,
>> just because he thinks DJGPP is too slow.
> 
>> Am I doing something wrong, or is DJGPP just slower? 
>
>I compile very large projects in a very small time compared to say Visual
>C++ 4.0 - do you have a smartdrv active? (I assume your under normal DOS?)
>If you have enough RAM (32+ Mb) you could activate a smartdrv (use /X) using
>a 4Mb cache and compile quite quickly... I think this is all in the FAQ
>somewhere though...
>
Personally I do not have very much memory, no, only 8MB, and compared to
MSVC on my computer MSVC is faster, and on a friends pentium I get WC to be
faster and he has got 32MB with a large smartdrv.


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