On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:54:57AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > "Joe Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Wait a second. Optimizing for size should decrease speed. >> That is the whole idea of size/speed optimization tradeoffs. > A lot of the time the reduced ram requirement can stop swapping (big > speed increase) and improve the cache hit ratios. Also, a good part of perceived slowness is loading the executable and libraries from disk; that also gets faster with a smaller executable. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
