>>>>I want to make sure I understand. You found that by not having the "super" include file, by giving different modules specific include files that the build went much faster. Is that right?
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>>My build time is now down to 8 seconds (from 160) on my old dog. I'm not sure where the last boost came from but I'm not complaining. :-)
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>Well, the 820 has 2MB of 2nd level cache. I bet the whole include cascade is cached. Wasn't this mentioned somewhere in this thread ;-)

Why would the INCLUDE tree need to be in processor cache? Isn't main memory good enough?


>Probably another boost comes from compiling of files not defragmented and living in the same area of the HD, as head movement is minimized.

There is no hard disk activity to speak of either before or now.


>>I still have my master INCLUDE (.H) file refernced by all the main modules so I don't have to think about which DEFINE values I am using.
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>Sometimes it is cheaper to throw HW at problems <g>.
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>have fun
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>thomas

Now my build times have gone back to 24-25 seconds instead of 8-9 secs. Wierd but I can live with that. Remember that my new HW is still unpacked an hour's drive away.

Peter