make -j4 vis make -j2 about strfry

[hoytech]

Hi! Thanks for letting us know.

The parameter is the maximum number of concurrent processes to use when compiling. In most cases it shouldn't actually make a difference which value you use, except that higher numbers might go faster if you have many CPUs. In examples I usually put a smaller number so that people don't accidentally run out of memory or peg their CPUs.

You can actually just use -j by itself (no number) and it will use an unlimited number.

[Giszmo]

As people do run out of memory #41 it might be good to run with just one process by default and hint at -j as a way to speed things up?

[hoytech]

Hehe yes, that's not a bad idea!