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Subject: Re: gprbuild -j8 on Windows 8.1?
From: Fraser Wilson <blancolioni@gmail.com>
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On Thursday, 13 June 2019 05:10:04 UTC+2, Stephen Leake  wrote:
> I'm using GNAT Community 2018.
> 
> I have a main program that takes an annoyingly long time to compile, so I tried 
> 
> gprbuild -j8
> 
> But it's no faster, and Windows Task Manager says it's using only one processor.
> 
> Is this just broken on Windows?
> 
> Does using AdaCores "bash implemented in Ada" help?
> 
> --  Stephe

Is it just the main program?  -j builds separate sources in parallel, but won't help with individual files.