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Compile *nix programs faster multi-core Macs
Authored by: JWiegley on May 27, '07 10:43:51PM

I find that make -j5 saturates my dual core CPU very completely; however, it also increases disk I/O and consumes nearly all of system memory (3Gb) if C++ is involved. In those cases, make -j3 is more optimal. But both are far quicker than make -j1.

John



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