csvread 3.0.1 exponentially slower than v 3.0.0

[Brian Kirklin]

David Bateman wrote:
> http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/octave/trunk/octave-forge/main/io/src/dlmread.cc?revision=4585
>   
I'd be willing to try this out if I had an idea on how to compile an 
Octave source file on a windows machine and just replace the file.

Would I just use a C++ compiler?
Would this involve using mkOctFile?

Is there a page in the documentation that I missed that would give me 
all these instructions?

I believe I tried to compile Octave once before on a Windows machine and 
received a very large headache.

Also, If I were to install Octave 3.0.0 somewhere, could I just grab the 
old file out of its directories and replace the new one?

Thanks