Is there a faster way to compile?

Question ID : 183
Created on 2011-09-27 at 4:02 PM
Author : Veryant Support [support@veryant.com]

Online URL : http://support.veryant.com/support/phpkb/question.php?ID=183



There are several techniques that can increase the speed of compilation.

  1. Use wildcards to compile multiple programs together in one Java instance instead of compiling each separately, which closes and opens a separate Java process for each compile.
    (eg: iscc src/prog*.cbl instead of iscc src/prog1.cbl, iscc scr/prog2.cbl etc.)

  2. If you are compiling with version 2020R1 or earlier, split the compilation into two steps (This is not necessary after compilation improvements included in version 2020R2).
  3. Use the IDE

  4. Use ant

  5. Use make
You can get more information in isCOBOL Evolve's documentation, under the Appendices/Performance Tuning/Guidelines for faster compilation section.



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