Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:55:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Rylan <rylan AT inbtekom DOT co DOT za>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP does very well with performance?
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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Rylan wrote:

> but in general how well does DJGPP do against
> commercial protected mode C compilers like Watcom?

In general, the code produced by both compilers is roughly the same speed 
and size.  Watcom was better in Pentium-specific optimizations before GCC 
2.8.1 and EGCS were released, but I think that gap is closed now.

> If this has been done to death, please ignore me - just curious!

It's been beaten to death.  It's in the FAQ (section 14.1).