Slow Compilation...

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi All,

I am new to Arduino & forum & really looking forward to getting to grips with it however, I have a problem with IDE that is starting to do my head in & I am hoping someone can help me.

I have installed both Arduino IDE & also the ERW enhanced version on my laptop which is running win7 Ultimate. Either IDE takes around 40-50 secs to compile even simple sketches like the blink prog. My laptop is not bluetooth enabled & I have tried things like replacing the rxtxserial file, disabling wireless, virus checker etc. & it all makes no difference. Either IDE takes close to a minute to compile. I have tried my Uno R3 on my work laptop using standard IDE & compilation takes 2-3 secs as I would expect. Surely 50secs for compilation of blink prog cannot be normal? I enabled the verbose O/P & it seems to always be doing something but just slowly.... The last 1/4 of the compilation seems to go at a speedier rate then the first 3/4's where the progress bar is just set on 50%..

Any help/ suggestions would be greatly appreciated - Many thanks, John

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The time of 50 seconds to compile is not slow. This is an Object Oriented Language, so it is bloated with extra capabilities and data that are hidden from view. The fast way is to use Assembly Language. It is not bloated, it is fast, it is wholesome.

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Hi I'm running Win 7 enterprise and arduino 1.0.5 and compiling takes at least 10 minutes even with fairly small code. I checked the option to show verbose output on compiling and it will shoot a bunch of messages quickly then stop. I can copy if that would help. Usually after the pause it'll send orange text saying something was wrong or unused. It's this code where I just added some backslashes to make the code comments where I didn't want to use it:
/***************************************************
This is an example for the Adafruit Thermocouple Sensor w/MAX31855K

Designed specifically to work with the Adafruit Thermocouple Sensor
----> Thermocouple Amplifier MAX31855 breakout board (MAX6675 upgrade) : ID 269 : $14.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

These displays use SPI to communicate, 3 pins are required to
interface
Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source code,
please support Adafruit and open-source hardware by purchasing
products from Adafruit!

Written by Limor Fried/Ladyada for Adafruit Industries.
BSD license, all text above must be included in any redistribution
****************************************************/

#include "Adafruit_MAX31855.h"

int thermoDO = 3;
int thermoCS = 4;
int thermoCLK = 5;

Adafruit_MAX31855 thermocouple(thermoCLK, thermoCS, thermoDO);

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);

Serial.println("MAX31855 test");
// wait for MAX chip to stabilize
delay(500);
}

void loop() {
// basic readout test, just print the current temp
//Serial.print("Internal Temp = ");
//Serial.println(thermocouple.readInternal());

double c = thermocouple.readCelsius();
if (isnan(c)) {
Serial.println("Something wrong with thermocouple!");
} else {
Serial.print("C = ");
Serial.println(c);
//Serial.print("F = ");
//Serial.println(thermocouple.readFarenheit());

}
//Serial.print("F = ");
//Serial.println(thermocouple.readFarenheit());

delay(1000);
}