Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:18:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:	malte_gell AT t-online DOT de (Malte Gell)
To:	pgcc AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	updating a distribution to pgccc ?
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Hello !
I just found this interesting pgcc site and have a few questions, but
just one thing at first: since i have not subscribed to the pgcc mailing
list, please also answer directly to me, thanx !

Well, now my questions:
1. Since so many people use a Pentium class CPU nowadays, why is it not
a standard, that all distributions or the distributions "for personal
use" (=standard distros for the home user like RedHat or Caldera or
SuSE) use pgcc by default ? It makes me a bit angry somehow that i have
a fast AMD based machine and the code is just optimized for an 486, in
my eyes this is a waste of performance, or am i wrong ?

2. I am using SuSE Linux 7.0, how easy would it be to change completely
to pgcc ? Is pgcc also optimized for AMD CPU´s ? What are your
experiences with changing to pgcc ? Would i have to re-compile all my
apps or can i still use them ?

3. How big would be the gain of performance if i change to pgcc ? (AMD
K6-III 400 Mhz 128 MB RAM system, Kernel 2.2.16)

Thanx a lot 

Malte


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