Jim Meyering asked: > > The compilation of these files with -g -O2 and newer gcc releases takes > > an awful lot of time (5 minutes or so). Is there some way to make gcc work > > faster, without decreasing the runtime speed too much? > > Wow. What version of gcc, and what type of CPU?
CPU: AMD-K7 500 MHz gcc time make time make version sha256.o sha512.o 3.2.2 6.1 sec 68 sec 4.0.4 5.5 sec 27 sec 4.1.2 5.1 sec 14.4 sec 4.2.2 5.2 sec 12.5 sec 4.3-20080215 10.8 sec 20.1 sec So indeed the problem is indeed not as severe as I remembered, but 20 seconds of compilation time for a not particularly large file with the newest gcc is still not nice. Is there a good workaround? Bruno
