Actually, I guess I should correct myself here: 1 1000 line file will (in general) compile faster than 1 10000 line file. But 10 1000 line files should be almost identical to 1 10000 line file. So you're right, it shouldn't make any difference.
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Alexander Nicholas Thaler wrote: > No. It may EFFECTIVELY comile as fast, but depending on your machine > speed, that can very GREATLY. > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Jason Gauthier wrote: > > > The compile times are questionable as well: > > > > 10 1,000 line files generally compiles as fast as 1 10,000 line file. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alexander Nicholas Thaler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:50 PM > > To: Pell, Blake B > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Performance Question > > > > > > It should only matter for compile times. If you have a decent compiler > > and linker (ie gmake and gcc) it should optimize the same no matter how > > you have your files organized. > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Pell, Blake B wrote: > > > > > This is something I've been curious about but never really been able to > > find an answer for. Would it be better to have extremely large files (like > > act_wiz.c, fight.c pushing 15,000+ lines) or split the code up into smaller > > files (for instance pulling reclass specific code into their own .c files)? > > My question is, does this even matter? > > > > > > Rhien. > > > > > > -- > > > ROM mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Alex Thaler > > http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 > > > > One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. > > X windows. > > > > > > -- > > ROM mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alex Thaler > http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 > > One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. > X windows. > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Thaler http://www.columbia.edu/~ant14 ICQ: 24629153 One thousand monkeys. One thousand MicroVAXes. One thousand years. X windows.
