Hello Richard, Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 8:23:59 PM, you wrote:
> Yes it was just a plausible guess, but not contradicted by the experts. > And that was using the Windows version of GHC so other versions may > have better optimisation. I don't know how to check, maybe the experts > can illuminate the subject? note that my letter was not contradicted too LOL 1. many experts just don't read this list due to its high traffic, write into ghc-users instead 2. ghc is too large system and no one know all its details. this particular option may be set up 10 years ago and never touched/studied by anyone since then. for example, i'm ghc performance expert [to some degree], but i don't know anything about its build system. all that i can tell is that ghc base library build times don't prohibit use of -O2 -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe