Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:38:12 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT dilnet DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: 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
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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 sumatose AT NOSPAM DOT usa DOT net wrote:

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> I have to agree with this.  gcc is widely known and accepted.  
> University student can access gcc on all the computers at school, 
> because the school just love the fact that it's free.  HOWEVER, 
> workstation manufacturers like Sun, SGI, IBM and others have 
> their own C++ compiler which consistenly 'beat the sh**' out of 
> gcc with compilation speed and optimization.  It's just a known 
> fact, if you have worked on these workstations. Think that we 
> compile on SGI with gcc???
> 

Yes!
I'm one of those unfortunates stuck with the IRIX 5.3 IDO. I know that the
MIPSpro 7.0 compiler for IRIX 6.x beats the sh** out of GCC on the R10K
platform, but I'm using IRIX 5.3 on an R5K, and GCC is significantly (20%)
faster at full-hilt optimization.
 
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