From: "Andrew Crabtree" <andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: PCGCC OR GCC (which one is faster)
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 09:53:11 -0700
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Nate Eldredge wrote in message
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>>Joseph Sany Kalapurakal wrote:
>>For 486 users GCC
>>2.8 is definitely faster.
>Have you actually tried it?
I doubt it.  Perhaps he meant to say that pentium optimized code runs slower
on a 486 sometimes.
But pgcc can optimize and target 486, pentium, pentium pro/pII, k5, k6, and
cyrix m?.  PGCC optimizing for a 486 should beat out stock gcc everytime.

Andy