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A Distributed Front-end for GCC

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the when-one-compiler-is-not-enough dept.

format writes "distcc is a distributed front-end for GCC, meaning you can compile that big project across n number of machines and get it done almost n times as fast. The machines don't have to be identical or be running the exact same GCC version, but having the same OS is helpful." With the advent of faster hardware, I can't complain about kernel compile times anymore, but larger source trees could definitely benefit from this.

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  1. hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yay! My 133 doesn't have to take 25 billion years to compile anymore! Uhm, wait, I don't have any other computers... Shoot.

  2. Great for OpenOffice by IronTek · · Score: 5, Funny

    This could really spur the development of OpenOffice.

    With 50, 100 machines or so hooked up, OpenOffice's compile time could be reduced to as little as 1 or 2 days!!!

  3. Re:Not N by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That sounds like how they calculate my mortgage payments!

  4. I would recommend that you use C by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or maybe ASM.
    By the way, have you tried Linux?

  5. Could you imagine? by Quill · · Score: 1, Funny

    Could you imagine a...

    nevermind.

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