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Message #43 received at 8076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Russ Allbery <rra <at> stanford.edu>
To: 8076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: PCH support
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:44:36 -0800

Olaf van der Spek <ml <at> vdspek.org> writes:

> Why not? It can drastically reduce build times of C++ projects. I have
> little experience with C projects, but I assume it speeds those up as
> well.

It's unlikely to help a great deal with most C projects, since most C
headers just aren't very complicated and other parts of the compilation
process dominate the time.  C++ is significantly different than C in how
much complexity it puts into its headers.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra <at> stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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