From: sumatose AT NOSPAM DOT usa DOT net
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Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC  Here's a good rating comparision
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 21:45:13 -0400
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In group rec.games.programmer, firewind says...
> 
> Tony Tribelli <adt AT netcom DOT com> wrote:
> > firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org> wrote:
> 
> > > ... I have an old 486DX/33 with 8MB of ram ...
> > >
> > > Execution Speed: DJGPP-compiled programs are faster.
> > > Optimization: gcc is a -much- better optimizing compiler than MSVC.
> 
> > Possibly true with respect to the ancient 16-bit MSVC++ 1.0 that the
> > original poster mentioned and your 486 system. But if we consider more
> > recent 32-bit versions, 4.2 and 5.0, targetting Pentium systems, then gcc
> > falls way behind. It also trails Watcom and Borland with Intel's backend
> > optimizer.
> 
> With the release of gcc 2.8.0, which will support Pentium optimizations,
> any advantage MSVC, Borland, and Watcom is gone. Also, the binutils have
> long supported MMX internally.

You're certainly in a hurry to make that conclusion about a 
future release.  Show benchmarks.