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From: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen)
Subject: Re: Whats wrong with Linux networking ???
Message-ID: <Cuqpnp.F2q@rex.uokhsc.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 16:55:00 GMT
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Reply-To: benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu
References: <RSANDERS.94Aug9003813@hrothgar.mindspring.com> <32ll52$n7d@quagga.ru.ac.za> 	<1994Aug15.034939.20997@cs.brown.edu> 	<michaelv.776931077@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> 	<1994Aug15.175932.10899@cs.brown.edu> <HSU.94Aug16224230@laphroaig.cs.hut.fi>
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hsu@cs.hut.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) writes:


>In article <1994Aug15.175932.10899@cs.brown.edu> mhw@cs.brown.edu (Mark Weaver) writes:
>   a ramdisk, and gcc is using /tmp for it's temporary files (I
>   checked), and it should only be writing one file per source file,

>Try gcc -pipe, no temporary files and a lot quicker compiles.  Just
>wondering why it isn't the default.

My understanding is that it isn't a particularly good default in an
evironment that doesn't have a lot of free RAM (explicit writing is
faster than implicit paging).
-- 
Benjamin Z. Goldsteen