[M3devel] possible cygwin createprocess/fork cost measurements..

[Tony Hosking]

> MAYBE see if batching cm3cg/as can save more time.
> Other folks have complained on the gcc mailing list that gcc should  
> just output .o files directly..

gcc itself is a top-level driver program that generates as and forks  
an as.   I don't think it's possible to do what you suggest.

>
>
>  - Jay
>
>
> From: jayk123 at hotmail.com
>
> [snip]
>
> > Have you had a look at System.ExecuteList and q_exec?
>
> Sorry, not yet.
> Yes it sounds like it will fix the sh wrap issue. But not the fork/ 
> exec vs. spawn, which I will deal with.
>
> > compiler backend. Integrated backends can be developped  
> independently
> > of gcc though.
>
> Yes, I think more of these will be good.
>
>  - Jay
>

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