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Michael Mason wrote:
> 
> We've just upgraded to Builder 5, but it's running lots slower.
> If we upgrade our hardware to a dual-CPU box, will it use both
> the CPUs for compiling? 

No and under W2K you will find problems in a multi CPU box and will have to set
the CPU affinity to limit it to one CPU.

> I'm not worried about the code actually
> produced (it's a GUI, so multi-CPU doesn't matter), but in the
> twiddling thumbs time during a compile.
> 

Check your header files.  Well designed header files will greatly reduce compile
time.  You can look at www.bcbdev.com for a great article on constructing header
files correctly.

> Linux works great -- just fire off gcc several times in parallel
> and the O/S takes care of it. Does Borland have similar
> functionality?
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike.

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