On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:14:39 -0400
Kevin Cummings <cummi...@kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:

> We're thinking in terms of one machine with multiple cores here.  What
> about an environment with multiple machines (each possibly with
> multiple cores).  Now you have *many* more possibilities of where to
> run compiles with -j.  Consider (for example) distcc.  It can be
> configured to run build components on different machines
> (configurable per machine as to how many).  So now, the -j 10 or -j
> 20 has more possibilities for distributing the load during the "make".
> 
That makes sense.  But because of what I found when looking at Gentoo
about this, it should also work for a single machine with multiple
cores.  That seemed to be the experience of almost everyone there.
And, boy, do they take this seriously.
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