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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: compilation time [was Re: Magnavox consult
Date: 25 Oct 1994 18:23:32 -0400
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Date: 1994-10-25T18:23:32-04:00
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one million lines of C++ compiling in 6 hours on a 486.

That sounds reasonable, GNAT will generally compile about the same speed
as g++. On my thinkpad, a 75MHz 486 with no 2nd-level cache, it takes 
about 50 minutes to compile the GNAT sources, which are about 150,000 
lines of Ada.