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distcc is a program to distribute builds of C, C++, Objective C or Objective C++ code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local build, is simple to install and use, and is often two or more times faster than a local compile.
distcc does not require all machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized clocks, or to have the same libraries or header files installed. They can even have different processors or operating systems, if cross-compilers are installed.
Let's get our new Parallel/Distributed department off on a solid practical footing.
distcc is the software-tools paradigm applied to distributed processing. You have a tool for compiling a source file (gcc). You also have a tool for coordinating compilation of multiple files, with dependency-aware parallelism (make). Throw in a distributed front-end to the compiler (distcc) and suddenly you have a perfectly integrated distributed compile farm. Truly, the only question is: why didn't somebody do this years ago?
Posted to Parallel/Distributed by Luke Gorrie on 3/26/04; 8:24:46 AM
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distcc: a fast, free distributed C/C++ compiler
