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Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
>
> >
> > Watcom is portable only across various ix86 platforms, while GCC is
portable
> > across lots and lots different architectures. IMHO this is times bigger
challenge -
> > to write good optimizing compiler which would do a good job for a broad
range
> > of architectures.
>
> Well in the end what really matters is not the portability but how good is
> the code that the compiler produces for a specific architecture.
and gcc produces very good code.

> It is of no use if the vastly architecturally portable compiler generates
> tolerable code for the x86 platform...as anyone would prefer a less
> architecturely portable compiler which generates better code which is
> specifically tailored for the x86 chipset..
yup.

> Which is why the majority of  people still use Watcom/MS C++
> extensively for coding for the x86 platform.....
dunno about this, never seen the stats.

> Could anyone please  tell me how many x86 architecture based exes out of
> the many that you come across are compiled using GCC...much less than the
> ones that are compiled using Watcom/borland/M$C and other x86 specific
> compilers...
Quake is a fine example of a highly optimised bit of code.