[Gcl-devel] Re: compiler speedup hack

[Robert Dodier]

hello,

to follow up on our previous discussion -- i posted a message
to comp.unix.programmer about seekable in-memory files,
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.programmer/browse_frm/thread/f1502abc4934757d/d8a6b96da87310aa?hl=en#d8a6b96da87310aa
and from the replies it looks like simplest option (short of
modifying gas) is to use an in-memory file system (tmpfs or something).
(of course, any unix-specific solution probably won't work on
windows. one thing at a time.)

having thought about this some more, i'm starting to think
the business about hitting the file system is not all that
important -- probably a warm-start capability is more significant.
maybe you've already concluded the same yourself.
anyway, i mention this stuff just for the record.

thanks for your interest in this topic & all the best,
robert dodier