add note about turning off optimizations

swarm-game · May 5, 2024 · c99aed0 · c99aed0
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@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ unreleased features), read on.
        cd /path/to/the/swarm/repo
        cabal run -O0 swarm:exe:swarm
 
+   (Note that we recommend turning off optimizations with `-O0` since
+   they don't seem to make much difference to the speed of the
+   resulting executable, but they make a big difference in compilation
+   time.)
+
 1. Go get a snack while `cabal` downloads a Haskell compiler and
    all of Swarm's dependencies.