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Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote:
> On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 10:54:16 PM UTC-7, Fraser Wilson wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Is it just the main program?  -j builds separate sources in parallel,
>> but won't help with individual files.
> 
> yes, that's it. The main program does lots of generic instantiation, so it's slow. 

Do the instances depend on runtime values for instantiation? If actuals are
static, factoring instantiations out to library units might make them
candidates for -j. But, of course, you know this.