Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 08:41:10 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199802081341.IAA04721@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980208141907.6339c-100000@is> (message from Eli
	Zaretskii on Sun, 8 Feb 1998 14:21:59 +0200 (IST))
Subject: Re: src/gcc.opt in alpha 980101
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My best recollection is that the Linux FAQ recommended these options
for best overall library performance there.  They were unrelated to
the gcc optimization bug.

> Why do the switches used to compile the library still include 
> -fno-strength-reduce?  Doesn't this belong to pre-2.7.2.1 gcc and is 
> solved in later versions?
> 
> Also, is there any particular reason that -O3 was replaced by -O2?  
> AFAIK, in short functions this *does* generate faster code, no?