[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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