Size problem, compilation performance and dll hell

Tue Jan 14 20:51:00 GMT 2003

Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com> writes:
> Here is one advantage with .so/.dlls: reduced compilation time
> with many .exe files.

I've always been a proponent of using a (late-binding) interpreter for
development and then using a compiler for the final release. Not
caring about how long compiles take allows compiler writers to
implement a *lot* more optimizations (for example, whole-program
optimizations). I really don't think that "it increases compile time"
is ever a very compelling argument -- you should only need to invoke
the compiler once per release of your software.
Personally, I develop on javac/hotspot and then use gcj for the final
production build of XWT.
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