Daniel Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 16:40 -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote: >> I have seen such complaints. Not about bootstrap times, no, that only >> affects people who compile the compiler; but the more general case of >> 'gcc takes forever to compile this program' does appear on a regular >> basis. > > People would complain even if the compiler took 1 second on every file, > regardless of size or optimization level.
Well, yes. 1 second/file is still slow! I want "make" to complete instantaneously! Don't you? > If you want a faster compiler, it's hard work. It means not adding > features because the design isn't a good one, *even if the user > would still find it useful*. People aren't willing to do this. It > means lots and lots of profiling, and taking care of little > inefficiencies. All I ever see people suggest is magic bullets. > > We also have some deep datastructure problems in terms of IL, but > those aren't going to give us a 5000% speedup or be a magic bullet > either. What you say is true. Does that mean we shouldn't try? zw
