On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 at 12:13PM +0100, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
> * A parallel build (using the usual MAKE="make -jN") can speed up the
> docbuilding time. Note that the speed-up factor is closer to N/2 than to
> N because two passes are needed now.

I'll take O(N) over O(1) any day!

...and with many people walking around with multi-core *smartphones*, I
think we can ask anyone with a single-core machine to either be patient
or to buy a new computer. :)

Dan

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