VS.NET compiling slower than VS 6?
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I just compiled the same c++ project in VS version 6 and the new .net version of visual studio and it was 44% slower compiling the exact same source in .net I'm curious if this is normal or something about our setup here? My CPU utilitization jumps to 100% and basically hangs there until it's done. With VS 6 the CPU ticks up and down between 80% and 100% while it's compiling. Admittedly the project is on the largish side, just under 50,000 lines of code, but my computer now seems to hang until it's done, whereas with version 6 I could have flipped to a web browser or something while it was churning away. Will throwing a faster CPU at it help? I currently have a fast scsi hard drive, 512mb of ram and a 1.4ghz processor and it used to seem blindingly fast until I upgraded to vs.net. Is there any advantage that VS.NET can utilize if I were to go with more than one CPU?
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I just compiled the same c++ project in VS version 6 and the new .net version of visual studio and it was 44% slower compiling the exact same source in .net I'm curious if this is normal or something about our setup here? My CPU utilitization jumps to 100% and basically hangs there until it's done. With VS 6 the CPU ticks up and down between 80% and 100% while it's compiling. Admittedly the project is on the largish side, just under 50,000 lines of code, but my computer now seems to hang until it's done, whereas with version 6 I could have flipped to a web browser or something while it was churning away. Will throwing a faster CPU at it help? I currently have a fast scsi hard drive, 512mb of ram and a 1.4ghz processor and it used to seem blindingly fast until I upgraded to vs.net. Is there any advantage that VS.NET can utilize if I were to go with more than one CPU?
I have only tested the compiler speed on a single project. It was a rather large one, just about 200.000 lines. It was an typical MFC application. VC7 was actually about 20 - 25% faster than VC6 for a rebuild... J Cardinal wrote: Is there any advantage that VS.NET can utilize if I were to go with more than one CPU? Nope, I have a dual processor workstation, and VS.NET only use 1 cpu for compiling. (but your computer is fast if you wanna do something else while compiling ;) ) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"