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Subject: Re: cvsup in 4.5-RC2
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In article <20020124191928.GB91812@nevermind.kiev.ua>,
Nevermind  <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> wrote:
> > Try building it yourself.  The build goes _much_ faster than before.
> > CVSup now depends on a new distribution of Modula-3 which is smaller
> > and builds faster.  There's no reason to fear this port any more.
> Does this apply to execution speed?

The Modula-3 compiler is possibly faster by a very small amount.
Programs compiled with it, such as CVSup, are probably about 10%
faster in terms of CPU time.  That's because the Modula-3 libraries
are no longer built with position-independent code.

John
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