Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP (John B. Nagle) Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Sun "as" incredibly slow for large programs Message-ID: <436@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 21:08:37 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.436 Posted: Tue Sep 25 21:08:37 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 09:25:38 EDT Lines: 6 When compiling a 10,000 line Pascal program on a Sun 2, the assembly phase took an excessive length of time to complete - thirty-three (33) hours. It completed successfully and the output was apparently correct. The problem appears to be an ill-designed optimization algorithm for long jumps.