On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 17:10 -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote: > 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?
Let me point out the important part again: All I ever see people suggest is magic bullets. We should try, but by doing the hard work. Not by expecting magic. > > zw
