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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 02/12/2024 14:09, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 30/11/2024 05:25, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>>>
>>> EVERYBODY cares about compilation speeds.  [...]
>>
>> No, they don't.  I accept that you care about compiler speed.
>> What most people care about is not speed but compilation times,
>> and as long as the times are small enough they don't worry about
>> it.
>>
>> Another difference may be relevant here.  Based on other comments
>> of yours I have the impression that you frequently invoke
>> compilations interactively.  A lot of people never do that (or do
>> it only very rarely).  In a project I am working on now I do
>> builds often, including full builds where every .c file is
>> recompiled.  But all the compilation times together are only a
>> small fraction of the total, because doing a build includes lots
>> of other steps, including running regression tests.  Even if the
>> total compilation time were zero the build process wouldn't be
>> appreciably shorter.
>
> But it might be appreciably longer if the compilers you used were
> a lot slower!  Or needed to be invoked more.  [...]

I concede your point.  If things were different they wouldn't
be the same.