"quick" vs "perf" builds

[Simon Marlow]

On 10/03/2014 19:58, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:59:38 +0100
> Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Added:
>> https://github.com/ghc/ghc/commit/ddf79ebf69fe4a6e69d69d451a6040a53b1ea12c
>
> While at it:
>> SRC_HC_OPTS        = ... -H64m
>
> Just wondering: that '-H64m' is from some old times (pre 2007?).
> GHC seems to eat way more RAM nowadays. Is this bit relevant at all?

It still speeds up compilation a bit, but a larger -H value might be 
more appropriate for today's machines.

Cheers,
Simon