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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!matt.ksu.ksu.edu!news
  2. From: danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dan Odom)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: COMPILING SPEED
  5. Date: 8 Nov 1992 08:37:06 -0600
  6. Organization: Kansas State University
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  9. Message-ID: <1dj8miINN6sl@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
  10. References: <BwB79x.1sB@ecf.toronto.edu> <1992Nov6.102017.17897@sequent.com> <dmurdoch.253.721061938@mast.queensu.ca>
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  12.  
  13. dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
  14.  
  15. >Why do people accept such slow compile times?  Turbo Pascal demonstrates 
  16. >that fast compiler technology exists.  Is C++ five times harder to compile 
  17. >than TP?
  18.  
  19. Yes, it is.  Go write a compiler for Pascal.  Then write a compiler for
  20. C++.  You'll see.
  21. -- 
  22. Dan Odom
  23. Kansas State University
  24. danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
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