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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:44:44 -0400
From: Ron Natalie <ron AT sensor DOT com>
Organization: Sensor Systems
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To: Orlando Andico <orly AT dilnet DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
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Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC  Here's a good rating comparision
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Orlando Andico wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
When people say "BASED ON" I take it to mean system software not
what end users might use. 		 

> 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).

Well, that's not my experience.  Not that I want to run down GCC, but
while
we found a few years ago that GCC was as fast or faster than the
vendor's
compiler, it is no longer the case on Digital UNIX, HP, Solaris (SPARC),
or any of the Pentium platforms.  In some case we're talking staggering
differences (like twice as slow).