speedy recompiles

Gene heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Tue Oct 30 19:25:51 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 30 October 2007 12:57:39 Chris Jones wrote:
> > Do you have ccache installed?  That will cache previous compiles.
>
> You know, occasionally I hear about something neat from this list, above
> the background noise...
>
> Looking into it now. If it works as it claims should be a bonus for a
> few things I work on.
>
> cheers Chris

ccache?  Its usefullness is somewhere near the top of the list, right below 
bottled beer and sliced bread.  It cuts out 50 to 95% of the time to do a 
repeat compile, costs you maybe 5% longer on the first use.  Indispensable 
IMO.  Don't do another make without it.

-- 
Cheers. Gene
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