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echo: os2prog
to: Jonathan De Boyne Pollard
from: Uche Ogbuji
date: 1994-08-30 20:05:00
subject: C++Compiler Pros And Con

JP>   > JdeBP>    CON :  Demands enormous amounts of memory (16Mb is a
JP>   >    Actually, I run it on an 8mb machine and it seems to run fine, and
JP>   >    isn't unbearably slow

JP>   Note the subject line; we are talking C++ here.  Compared to just
JP>   about every other C++ compiler for OS/2, CSet++ is an unbelieveable
JP>   memory hog.  It recommends 30Mb available virtual memory for C++
JP>   compilation on the side of the box if you look.

Everyone's mileage seems to vary.  I was quite happily doing C++
compiles with CSet++ when I had 8 megs.  It was slow, but quite
bearable.  Now with 16 megs, I find I can do other things while I
compile without the slowdown you indicate.

--Uche

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