[opensource-dev] Link times revisited

[Jonathan Welch]

This is a follow up to my earlier Link Times message.
I just upgraded my system from 2Gb to 4Gb, though it only shows 3Gb as
being available (the joys of 32-bit Windows XP).

       1st    2nd pass
CV 0:53   0:24  2Gb (CV = Cool Rainbow Viewer, based on v1.22)
      0:58  0:26  3Gb

SG 3:30  2:07  2Gb
      3:33  2:11  3Gb

V2  6:18  6:01  2Gb
      5:28  3:33  3Gb

When I was doing these timing tests, initially with 2Gb, I was also
monitoring free memory and did not see it get to an extremely low
value; perhaps data was being sent to the page file before that
happened, as there is a significant speed gain just by having 1 more
Gb.

-jonathan