NightStrike wrote on 21 June 2008 17:08:
> On 6/21/08, Diego Novillo <dnovillo> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:39, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools> wrote:
>>> It takes about 50 minutes to bootstrap gcc with -j4 on a Core 2 Quad
>>> 2.66GHz with default language, both 32bit and 64bit enabled. If I use
>>> --enable-checking=assert, it takes 25 minutes. Given the price of quad
>>> core today, there is no
>>> reason no to
>>> use quad core for gcc build.
>>
>> Irrelevant.
>
> How is that irrelevant? If the argument is that libjava takes too
> long to build on modern hardware, and someone else has a different
> view of what is modern hardware where the original argument is
> invalid...
And how exactly does this help non-x86 platform users? Or people without
the latest hardware?
I don't think it aids the cause of software freedom to set a high barrier
to entry. Nor do I think it helps recruit volunteer workers for GCC. And I
really don't think it's right to just flippantly tell people they have to go
out and spend big money on the latest hardware in order to be able to
participate. Volunteers and voluntary orgs often don't have budgets or
funding.
cheers,
DaveK
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