Why C++ compiles slowly

[Walter Bright]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> With profiling enabled, gprof outputs this as the top hitters:
> 
> 
> Flat profile:
> 
> Each sample counts as 0.01 seconds.
>   %   cumulative   self              self     total
>  time   seconds   seconds    calls  ms/call  ms/call  name
>  77.76      6.68     6.68     2952     2.26     2.26  
> elf_findstr(Outbuffer*, char const*, char const*)
>   2.10      6.86     0.18     4342     0.04     0.04  searchfixlist

elf_findstr definitely looks like a problem area. I can't look at it right now, 
so can you post this to bugzilla please?