http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53852
--- Comment #5 from Joost VandeVondele <Joost.VandeVondele at mat dot ethz.ch> 2012-08-22 11:58:00 UTC --- simplified testcase and some analysis: SUBROUTINE build_d_tensor_gks(d5f,v,d5) INTEGER, PARAMETER :: dp=8 REAL(KIND=dp), DIMENSION(3, 3, 3, 3, 3), & INTENT(OUT) :: d5f REAL(KIND=dp), DIMENSION(3), INTENT(IN) :: v REAL(KIND=dp), INTENT(IN) :: d5 INTEGER :: k1, k2, k3, k4, k5 REAL(KIND=dp) :: w d5f = 0.0_dp DO k1=1,3 DO k2=1,3 DO k3=1,3 DO k4=1,3 DO k5=1,3 d5f(k5,k4,k3,k2,k1)=d5f(k5,k4,k3,k2,k1)+ & v(k1)*v(k2)*v(k3)*v(k4)*v(k5)*d5 ENDDO w=v(k1)*v(k2)*v(k3)*d4 d5f(k1,k2,k3,k4,k4)=d5f(k1,k2,k3,k4,k4)+w d5f(k1,k2,k4,k3,k4)=d5f(k1,k2,k4,k3,k4)+w d5f(k1,k4,k2,k3,k4)=d5f(k1,k4,k2,k3,k4)+w d5f(k4,k1,k2,k3,k4)=d5f(k4,k1,k2,k3,k4)+w d5f(k1,k2,k4,k4,k3)=d5f(k1,k2,k4,k4,k3)+w ! d5f(k1,k4,k2,k4,k3)=d5f(k1,k4,k2,k4,k3)+w ! d5f(k4,k1,k2,k4,k3)=d5f(k4,k1,k2,k4,k3)+w ! d5f(k1,k4,k4,k2,k3)=d5f(k1,k4,k4,k2,k3)+w ! d5f(k4,k1,k4,k2,k3)=d5f(k4,k1,k4,k2,k3)+w ! d5f(k4,k4,k1,k2,k3)=d5f(k4,k4,k1,k2,k3)+w ENDDO ENDDO ENDDO ENDDO END SUBROUTINE build_d_tensor_gks the issue is that the compile time grows exponentially in the number of uncommented lines of the d5f=d5f+w type: 1 0m1.112s 2 0m4.448s 3 0m11.513s 4 0m21.514s 5 0m35.529s