Can massive nested loops cause the linker to run endlessly when compiling in Release-Mode?

Question

I\'m compiling a very small Win32 command-line application in VS2010 Release-Mode, with all speed optimizations turned on (not memory optimizations).

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Answer 1

I encountered exactly this problem trying to build OSMesa x64 Release mode. My contribution to this discussion is that after letting the linker run overnight, it did complete properly.