Angus Leeming wrote:
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Will VC++ compiles faster or get faster lyx?
Much faster. Even if lyx/qt4 compilation is pretty much OK with Scons
nowadays...
Last time I built LyX using Asger's MSVS solution files, I think it took about
8minutes to build the whole thing. Maybe 10 ;-)
With Scons/gcc/qt4 it takes around 30 minutes using -03.
Plus I am pretty sure that the resulting binary will be much faster too.
Yes, the VC compiler produces much tighter code than g++. Having said that, the
slow down problems that you're experiencing on Windows have little to do with
the ability of the compiler to optimize code.
AFAIK, much of the slowness comes from DocIterator&co which are
supposedly fast under Linux. I guess VC++ on Windows will as good as gcc
on Linux; this is just a guess though. That said, Lyx/Qt4 is fast enough
enough even on big document my my updateLabels optimisation.
Abdel.
