added note about GNU compilers recompiling faster than Intel

geoschem · Feb 22, 2021 · 8da4d11 · 8da4d11
1 parent 68cd7ac
commit 8da4d11
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/compiling.rst b/docs/source/user-guide/compiling.rst
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ To recompile GCHP, simply do
 
 and then optionally, :command:`make install`.
 
+.. note::
+    GNU compilers can recompile GCHP faster than Intel compilers because of how :program:`gfortran`
+    formats Fortran modules files (:file:`*.mod` files). Therefore, if you recompile GCHP frequently, consider 
+    using GNU compilers.
+
 ------------
 
 .. _gchp_build_options: