>> > > The 10x slower is only on Windows, and is mostly consumed by the
>> > > linker;
>> >
>> > Ahh just what I thought - because I've always found the compiler
> fast,
>> > just the linker is slow.
>> >
>> > I wonder what specific parts of the linker cause slow down. The
> object
>> > file format is slow and ineffecient, or just the code that runs the
>> > linker is not optimized?
>>
>> An excellent area open to be researched by someone, hint ;-)
>
> It seems as if an internal linker is planned for FPC 2.2, see
> http://www.freepascal.org/future.html
>
> Not sure when it will be released though.
Don't expect anything linker related before half 2006.
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