Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer From: adt AT netcom DOT com (Anthony D. Tribelli) Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC Here's a good rating comparision Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer Organization: Netcom On-Line Services 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$1 AT news DOT internetsat DOT com> <341cec0c DOT 0 AT 139 DOT 134 DOT 5 DOT 33> <01bcc1b3$ccb39840$2b40cbc2 AT russnt> <341e2691 DOT 0 AT 139 DOT 134 DOT 5 DOT 33> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:46:46 GMT Lines: 47 Sender: adt AT netcom23 DOT netcom DOT com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Herman Schoenfeld (you AT somehost DOT somedomain) wrote: : DJGPP isn't that bad. GCC on unix/linux is standard ... Misleading regarding linux. "Standard" doesn't mean much when there is no competition. : ... There are no MSVC : compilers for them so any comment comparing GCC to MSVC is pretty much a waste : of bandwidth. Wrong. Some of us can read assembly language files generated by compilers. Some of us can link modules from "foreign" compilers that don't natively target a particular environment. : If you're comparinh MSVC with DJGPP, you're wrong in all instances. : DJGPP does support c++. Misleading. Gcc has frequent "internal compiler errors" when compiling code beyond the most trivial use of C++. : DJGPP does support pentium optimising. (PGCC). Misleading. The patched compiler sometimes (not often) produces code that is slower than the original 486 optimizer's code. : DJGPP produces fast optimized code. Misleading, fast compared to what? Not the current versions of the commercial compilers. Gcc/djgpp has a great price. Source code is fun and/or educational. Source code portability to nearly any console environment is great for some projects. However, code optimization is a weak point for some target architectures, this includes Intel Pentium. Many professional game developers reevaluate compilers at the start of a project, include gcc among their tests, and most seem to choose something else for their Intel x86 targets today. Tony -- ------------------ Tony Tribelli adtribelli AT acm DOT org