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67compilers on a variety of systems, but new systems or compilers
68may raise some new complaint; reports of difficulties are
69welcome.
70
71This also compiles with Visual C++ on all flavors of Windows,
72*if* you provide versions of popen and pclose. The file
73missing95.c contains versions that can be used to get started
74with, though the underlying support has mysterious properties,
75the symptom of which can be truncated pipe output. Beware.
76The file makefile.win gives hints on how to proceed.
77
78This compiles without change on Macintosh OS X using gcc and
79the standard developer tools.
80
81This is also said to compile on Macintosh OS 9 systems, using the
82file "buildmac" provided by Dan Allen (danallen@microsoft.com),
83to whom many thanks.
84
85The version of malloc that comes with some systems is sometimes
86astonishly slow. If awk seems slow, you might try fixing that.
87More generally, turning on optimization can significantly improve
88awk's speed, perhaps by 1/3 for highest levels.