From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Edelsohn To: Mike Stump Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Faster compilation speed Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:41:00 -0000 Message-id: <200208121940.PAA25962@makai.watson.ibm.com> References: <4F514841-AE27-11D6-A36D-000393941EE6@apple.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-08/msg00677.html >>>>> Mike Stump writes: Mike> Instead? Well, I cannot promise instead, but I think it is reasonable Mike> to look at it in addition to all the other stuff. If Apple wants to tackle one or more of the fundamental GCC design problems affecting compiler performance which have been mentioned during this discussion, I think that Apple will have a lot of support and help from GCC developers. This means doing the analysis of the problem, experimenting with possible approaches, designing a solution, and implementing that solution with the entire GCC development community. Fiddling around the edges, disabling functionality to save compilation time is not likely to be effective for Apple or for the GCC community. The big gains are to be found in revising the design and implementation of GCC's underlying infrastructure, not lots of little tweaks. David