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In article <1993May4.222949.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, mcardleb@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
> This 486 with 4M memory is terrible compiling .c files even a few pages long
> (about 2 to 3 minutes).

go32 (the extender in djgpp) uses *available* memory for virtual
memory.  This is the amount listed as "free EMS memory" if you're
using an EMS emulator, or "available XMS memory" if you're using XMS
(himem.sys), or "available extended memory" otherwise.  Programs like
ram disks and disk caches will use up your physical memory, leaving
none for go32, which must then swap to disk.

In a specifically tailored configuration, I've been able to come close
to Borland's compile speeds (beat them in some cases), so it's not the
software that's the problem.

DJ