On 04 May 2010, at 14:05, Jonas Maebe wrote: > On 04 May 2010, at 13:58, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > >> On Linux, there was a major difference between i386 and x64_64 >> compilers when running a "make cycle'. But I admit that my last test was >> definitely from before 2.4.0. > > "make cycle" not only tests the speed of the compiler code, but also of > process launching, make, the shell, and a bunch of other external utilities.
And, since you are compiling native compilers rather than cross-compilers in this case, its speed also depends on a) the number of source files in the compiler for a particular architecture b) the number of RTL units for a particular architecture Jonas_______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
