From: "Thomas Djafari" Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC Here's a good rating comparision Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:05:41 +0200 Organization: NetSat Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5vjc1o$pal$1@news.internetsat.com> References: <3412BD25 DOT 1F30 AT mho DOT net> <5uuqci$15l AT sjx-ixn5 DOT ix DOT netcom DOT com> <34131883 DOT 29A3 AT mho DOT net> <341714E9 DOT F6CC2E67 AT rpi DOT edu> <34184FB9 DOT 441D AT cam DOT org> <34185990 DOT 3DFA AT sensor DOT com> <34189915 DOT 79BB AT cam DOT org> <5vhpcs$sd$1 AT news DOT internetsat DOT com> <341cec0c DOT 0 AT 139 DOT 134 DOT 5 DOT 33> Reply-To: "Thomas Djafari" NNTP-Posting-Host: gate4-195.nordnet.fr To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Herman Schoenfeld wrote in article <341cec0c DOT 0 AT 139 DOT 134 DOT 5 DOT 33>... >In article <5vhpcs$sd$1 AT news DOT internetsat DOT com>, frogger AT micronet DOT fr says... >> >>>so many "not so cheap PC based UNIXes" ?? I thought GCC was a standard >>>in the unix world... >> >>GCC is a standard, this doesnb't mean it's a good compiler : it's one of the >>WORST ! >> >> >> >oh, and how do you figure that? > > it's very easy, take some code, compile it, disassemble it. the latest gcc version I tried is the one that is given with Linux 2.0.0 slackware. the compiler produced (with optimisation !) the worst code I've seen from a compiler these last years. if you want I can publish here the output, the results are obvious with absolutly no hesitation possible