Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:59:06 +0100
To:	pgcc AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: gcc-2.7.0 creates faster code than pgcc-1.1.1
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In-Reply-To:	<199903022313.RAA17721@mail.mankato.msus.edu>; from Jeffrey Hundstad on Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 05:13:25PM -0600
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From:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
Reply-To:	pgcc AT delorie DOT com

On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 05:13:25PM -0600, Jeffrey Hundstad wrote:
> On  2 Mar, Dustin Marquess wrote:
> 
>  
> > 	Also, is this old Slackware still a.out, or is it one of the
> > ELF versions?  ELF can be 1-5% slower than a.out..
> 
> This ELF slowness can be eliminated by creating statically linked
> executables, correct?

Yes, its related to pic code used in (most) shared libraries.

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