[net.works] Sun "as" incredibly slow for large programs

jbn@wdl1.UUCP (John B. Nagle) (09/26/84)

     When compiling a 10,000 line Pascal program on a Sun 2, the assembly
phase took an excessive length of time to complete - thirty-three (33) 
hours.  It completed successfully and the output was apparently correct.
The problem appears to be an ill-designed optimization algorithm for long
jumps.