Author: Hristo
Date: 02:28:21 12/14/03
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On December 14, 2003 at 05:07:10, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 14, 2003 at 04:43:20, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>I used to use Microsoft Visual C++ 6 Professional (because I got it for $5 from >>my school, it's normally several hundred at least). I quit using it when I saw >>that the executable that gcc/g++ created was significantly faster than the >>executable that MSVC++ 6 Pro created. > >Academic versions usually lack the optimizer. > >A complete MSVC6 should be competitive or better than any current version of GCC >for most thing. If not you messed up somewhere. Gian-Carlo, MSVC 6.0 is old. Let it die and rest in peace. It was a great compiler and trusty tool for many years. As far as C++ is concerned and through my experience; gcc 3.x is much better than MSVC 6.0; not just speed but also compliance. Regards, Hristo > >-- >GCP
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