PB> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:43:57 -0600 PB> From: Phil Brutsche PB> Reference "make -jx" on Linux and other UNIX-like systems.
Correct. PB> With a single quad-core CPU you would run "make -j5", and it would PB> run 5 copies of the C (or C++ or Java or Fortran or Pascal or ...) PB> compiler at once. FWIW, I usually run between 2x and 4x simultaneous compiles per core. It's not an exact science. And compiling care of several 15-kRPM spindles really screams. :-) Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/0xebd ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: [email protected] -*- [email protected] -*- [email protected] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
