Re: History of Inform (among other things)


27 Aug 1995 05:54:20 GMT

Rangaswamy Ravindran (ravi@inforamp.net) wrote:

: BTW, does anyone know any way to make Inform compile any faster? I have an IBM
: XT 8088 which compiles the "SHELL" game in around 900 seconds (approx 15
: minutes).

Would you accept the snide "upgrade your machine to something snappy like
an Amiga 4000"? :)

Seriously, Inform is linking in some fairly large libraries every time
you compile. I'm no expert, but I haven't seen anything as simple as
"set this switch for faster compiles."

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