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I wonder if gcj might have been faster for compiling your homework?

• e12e 13y ago
  Interesting question. I think the problem was the 4(or 8?) MBs of ram, and javac swapping out while loading. I can't recall that I did any compiling with gcc on that laptop -- at the time gcj certainly wasn't mature enough. I don't think I tried with jikes either, for some reason -- can't remember why now.
  • e12e 13y ago
    Come to think of it, it might have been a 486, not a p 2.