Is a parallel build of Maxima (using make -j N), OK?
Subject: Is a parallel build of Maxima (using make -j N), OK?
From: Dr. David Kirkby
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:37:56 +0000
On 11/27/10 12:26 AM, Rupert Swarbrick wrote:
> Sorry, I think I was not clear. What I meant was that most of the time
> compiling maxima is spent compiling code written in lisp. This code is
> compiled in order using a "Makefile-like" process called asdf (or
> mk:defsystem, depending on which you prefer) and this is a serial
> process.
>
> There are projects like XCVB that have tried to do this in parallel for
> building large lisp images, but it's not clear how much success they've
> had.
>
> Rupert
Thank you. It seems it's not worth wasting much time on this then. We will stick
to a serial build.
Dave