pilation and linking flags</h2>
<p>Users can set flags for the C++ compiler and linker and compiler to optimize their executables. We advise
users to only do this once they are sure their basic setup of Cmdstan without flags works.</p>
<p>The <code>CXXFLAGS</code> and <code>LDFLAGS</code> makefile variables can be used to set compiler and linker flags respecitvely. We
recommend setting these in the <code>make/local</code> file.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code>CXXFLAGS = -O2</code></pre>
<p>A recommend a 