[Haskell-cafe] Re: GHC: compile using multiple cores?

[Don Stewart]

barsoap:
> Peter Verswyvelen <bugfact at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to use all CPU cores when compiling with GHC and/or
> > Cabal?
> > 
> Nope. Last thing I heard is that file-parallel compilation is low
> priority as not much would be gained anyway due to excessive
> cross-package stuff that's done and much stricter dependencies than say
> C (which you can compile in about any order you like). I guess if such
> a thing happens, it'd be most likely in the form of strategically
> placed `par`'s inside of compiler stages.
> 

Not with cabal, with GHC, yes: assuming you have enough modules. Use ghc
-M to dump a makefile, and then make -j20 (or whatever you have)

-- Don