From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: Is PGCC really worth it?
Date: 25 Feb 1998 10:46:49 GMT
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"Rylan" (rylan AT intekom DOT co DOT za) writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am writing an application that might benefit a lot form intensive
> optimisation. Using -O3 (or -O2 with various switches) does seem to help,
> but I'm thinking that Pentium opti's might be even better. Is it really
> worth it to go PGCC, 'cause I heard that lots of stuff is "broken" in PGCC,
> and, if I do go PGCC, will it really give me a noticeable speed advantage,
> if I use the PGCC libc too? Or will it be better so stick with standard GCC
> as far as reliability is concerned.
> 
> Fanx in advance, please reply by mail if at all possible.

I would appreciate this information as well.

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