GCC tip: Use the RAM disc

Hi all.

This may be terribly obvious to some, but…

A while ago, I tested the latest GCC on the BeagleBoard, and running the included C/C++ examples, I was pleased at how well it works with RISC OS (supporting static and dynamic linking, compiling modules, inline assembly, etc.), but less pleased with the speed of compilation… It took ages to compile even the very simple “Hello, world”-application…

However, I expected that the culprit might be the slow USB disc access, so I copied the whole !GCC application to the RAM disc and tried it again, and lo and behold, it was now very fast.

Just a tip for anyone wanting to use GCC for software development…

Regards,

Terje