Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:31:48 +0800 (GMT) From: Orlando Andico To: Ron Natalie cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC Here's a good rating comparision In-Reply-To: <34185990.3DFA@sensor.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Ron Natalie wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > > > Besides the Game Quake, professionals don't use free compileres -- > > this is a ridiculous statement. the majority of UNIXes is based on GCC, > > right? so how can you say professionals don't use free compilers? > > How can you say the majority of UNIXes are based on GCC. Maybe the > majority of cheap PC UNIX clones, but the rest usually use a better > compiler than GCC. Cheap PC UNIX clones? Would that be Linux and FreeBSD? Well, I've used Solaris on Sun SPARC (not x86) and GCC, because there is NO compiler. GCC is much better than the C compiler which came with SunOS 4.x. And GCC produces faster code than the IRIX 5.3 IDO C compiler (I've personally used both setups). I find it offensive for someone to disparage "cheap PC clones." Sure, Linux is cheap. It also is measurably faster than SCO Unix and Solaris x86 on the same hardware. Cheap doesn't mean inferior, in this regard it actually is superior. Better compiler, you say. While I freely admit no experience with Crays or the sort, my experience with GCC (on IRIX, Solaris, and SunOS) is that GCC is superior to the bundled or extra-cost (in the case of IRIX) compiler. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Orlando Alcantara Andico WWW: http://www2.mozcom.com/~orly/ Email: orly AT mozcom DOT com ICBM: 14 30 00 N 120 59 00 E POTS: (+632) 932-2385