From: Klaus-Georg Adams <Klaus-Georg DOT Adams AT chemie DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de>
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Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC  Here's a good rating comparision
Date: 12 Sep 1997 10:58:04 +0200
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Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org> writes:
> 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.
> like? please tell me...I'm really curious. The compiler makers I know
> are Zortech, Borland, Microsoft ,FSF + maybe some others I don't know
> about (maybe I'm just ignorant, right?) but FSF (GCC) is the only one I
> know that makes a compiler for so many platforms (OH, OK, guys like IBM

Yeah, as you say. Every workstation vendor makes a compiler for their
platform. And these native compilers usually beet the sh** out of gcc
when it comes to optimization (with the exception of SUN's, if you
believe the benchmarks).

If you want speed on a particular platform, you stay clear of gcc. If
you want consistency and portability and good error-checking OTOH, gcc
is your choice.

> might make compilers for their own workstations or systems too)
> so please tell me, who is this company that makes a better compiler for
> so many "not so cheap PC based UNIXes" ?? I thought GCC was a standard
> in the unix world...

On the free unices you usually don't have a choice. gcc is standard,
because it exists on virtually any platform.

> BTW what in the world do you mean by "cheap PC UNIX clone" ? do you mean
> free-BSD or linux? they're good OSs, you know...and yes, gcc is a
> standard on those...

-- kga
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