[SunRescue] Re: Recommend starter Sun?

[Dave McGuire]

On March 21, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> I can run two compiles at twice the speed of one compile on my PeeCee, but
> I prefer to use the -j2 flag and get twice the speed on one compile at a
> time. 

  That's surprising.  Shocking, as a matter of fact.

> Disapointingly, the dual proc. SS10 I have access to doesn't have a
> make that supports the j2 flag.  I also haven't been able to convince the
> admin to install pthreads.  Still, I can surf the net while compiling at
> no speed loss.  This isn't saying much though considering the general
> speed of the machine, especially the ZX board.

  No "make -j2"?  GNU make supports the "-j" option...is installing it
an option for you?

      -Dave McGuire