[m-dev.] mercury compilation... (fwd)

[Zoltan Somogyi]

> The following is forwarded from mercury-bugs at cs.mu.oz.au.
> I just thought it is worth reminding everyone of the importance
> of keeping the compiler efficient.

The efficiency of the compiler doesn't matter in this instance.
It is clear that the problem is thrashing, due to the use of
more virtual memory than the system has free physical memory.

Zoltan.