Is it just me, or do other people see the MSVC 5.0 IDE eat up alot of
processor time.  It is so bad for me that I cannot retrieve internet mail
and run the IDE at the same time.  If I close the IDE everything is fine.
Just curious.....

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Warren,  try this for your linker sluggish behavior (if you haven't
already).  I know it help my on my system

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Here's a copy of a post made by Mark Hagen in the vc.utilities area:

"Hey folks,

  I have a quick tip for those of you who might be
experiencing slow link times using Visual C++ 5.0.
The readme files for Visual C++ mention two new
linker options called /OPT:icf and /OPT:noicf.  
The 'icf' part stands for "identical COMDAT folding"
and it's a form of linker optimization.  This COMDAT
optimization however is a lengthy process, and with
a large application it can slow things down.  To try
and get around the performance problem with the
linker, add the /OPT:noicf option to your linker
options.

  I would like to hear from people who are experiencing
this problem.  If you could reply back to this thread
and let me know:

1) How big the application is that you're trying to build
2) How long the link takes with the /OPT:noicf option
3) How long it takes without it

I can't guarantee that I'll reply to anyone posting a
reply to this message, so I will thank you in advance
for helping us make a better development product.

Sincerely,

Mark Hagen
Microsoft Technical Support
Visual C++"
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Hey thanks a lot!  That sped up the linker by at least 100%!  Appreciate
the info!

Warren marshall.