On 4/22/12 6:44 PM, DJ Lucas wrote:
> I'm not entirely positive, it's been a few years, but there was no need
> to compile unnecessary additions that eat up time. Granted, it is a very
> small savings in the grand scheme. That was the goal of those switches
> and several others at the time that GCC started requiring mpc, mpfr, and
> gpc (and when it was decided to exclude Cloog and PPL).

Yeah, it would add _slightly_ to the compile time to link in those 
features, but I can't see it making a difference on modern hardware. 
Whether the resultant gcc actually operates slower is another question, 
although I doubt that too is significant, if so.

JH

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