from the last communicate from RS, the compiler does not current take advantage of dual core cpu's. Plugins can be dual core compatible, but not RB.
Bastian Bense wrote: > Hello folks, > > I found apps running natively under x86 gain a 2-3x speed boost > compared to the latest PPC processors, this really depends if you > offload busy tasks to their own threads to use all CPU power > available. > > Compiliing on Intel hardware does not differ much from compiling > exactly the same code on PPC - 15 seconds on ppc vs. 14 seconds on > intel. (read below) > > > Now I have a few questions regarding the REALbasic compiler: > > - It seems that even on my dual-core iMac or MacBook Pro, REALbasic > only uses a single core to compile the code. Is that a fact or did I > do something wrong? Compiling should normally be something that can > easily run in multiple threads on different cores/CPUs. > > - Incremental compiling doesn't seem to have any real effect on my > compilation times, from time to time I even feel like its taking > longer. On other compilers (for example g++) you can "feel" and > measure the time difference when doing an incremental or fresh compile > as it creates temporary object files and links them together after > compilation is done; now if you change a single source file, only the > specific object file will be re-compiled and liked together with the > other obejct files - obviously results in a dramatic speed boost. > Again, maybe its just me, is there a possibility to do something wrong? > > Should one write code in a certain way to change the compiler behaviour? > > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
