Re: Optimization for slow platforms

2010-02-23 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Marco d'Itri wrote: > If the programs are linked statically then they will have the same > memory footprint of programs linked with non-PIC libraries, so the > situation will not be worse in this sense. On non-i386 architectures, I will turn on --enable-dynamic to link to the current PIC library.

Re: Optimization for slow platforms (Re: Changes in dpkg Pre-Depends)

2010-02-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Feb 23, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > In this case the speed difference from using non-PIC code is > noticeable. But the memory pressure from not sharing code between > processes might mean it is not worth it --- I am really torn. If the programs are linked statically then they will have the same