From:	adt AT netcom DOT com (Tony Tribelli)
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Subject:	Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC Here's a good rating comparision
Date:	Mon, 08 Sep 1997 21:05:02 -0700
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adalee AT sendit DOT sendit DOT nodak DOT edu (Adam W Lee) wrote:

> : Possibly true with respect to the ancient 16-bit MSVC++ 1.0 that the
> : original poster mentioned and your 486 system. But if we consider more
> : recent 32-bit versions, 4.2 and 5.0, targetting Pentium systems, then gcc
> : falls way behind. It also trails Watcom and Borland with Intel's backend
> : optimizer.
> 
> PGCC isn't too bad, though.

It was several months ago, but one of about 6 programs I ran through it
actually got slower.

> : For DOS targets professionals used to choose Watcom, for Win32 targets they
> : usually choose Visual C++.
> 
> I know a lot of people doing Win32 stuff in Watcom, though since you can
> so easily compile for both.
> 
> : gcc is a little flaky with C++, exception handling is the most notorious
> : example. Also AT&T assembly syntax is a problem, not an advantage.
> 
> OK, I'll give you that GCC's C++ isn't picture-perfect, but that's doding
> the fact that it supports 5 times as many languages as MSVC.
> 
> Also, you may be having problems switching from Intel to AT&T, but that
> doesn't make it a problem.  Some people can't grasp C++ but that doesn't
> make a compiler's support of it a problem.

The problem is that the vast amount of resources and tools available are in
Intel format not AT&T. AT&T syntax users often have to convert and type,
Intel syntax users often cut-and-paste tested working code. Now let's
discuss some of the profiling and analysis tools around that help optimize
code for Pentium UV pipes, Intel syntax. How about In-Circuit emulators,
Intel syntax.

Tony
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