[H-GEN] Sorcery

Jason Henry Parker jasonp at uq.net.au
Sat Mar 2 00:01:01 EST 2002


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Joel Michael <jmichael at bigpond.net.au> writes:

[Sorcerer Linux]
> I've played with it, it's really quite interesting.  However, it does
> take a rather long time to get everything compiled.  It ends up building
> gcc and glibc about twice each, but it does end up using a heavily
> optimised gcc to build a heavily optimised glibc.

I'd be pretty dubious of the benefits, myself.  Removing bottlenecks
is better served by identifying the damn things first, in my
experience, rather than using a one-hammer-hits-all approach.

> But, yes, it is rather interesting.

I love the ports system.

> I once knew a woman who could write her name in the snow.
> Her name was Dot.

Oh, *great* sig.  You must be so proud.
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