Subject: Re: Is gcc slow? Or is our gcc slow?
To: Phil Knaack <flipk@ncremp.ag.iastate.edu>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 04/08/1996 22:05:59 
> 	I'd guess that -pipe is only really noticably faster on machines
> where the processor is really fast and the disk is really slow.

Actually, i'd say it's:

	on machines where the processor is really fast, and the disk
	is really slow, and you have boatloads of RAM.

Say, an Alpha with 96M of RAM, booted diskless, as your "best case." 8-)


chris