Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:55:41 09/18/99
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On September 18, 1999 at 05:17:00, Hristo wrote: >On September 18, 1999 at 04:30:05, Pauli Misikangas wrote: > >>On September 17, 1999 at 22:19:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 17, 1999 at 18:10:11, ERIQ wrote: >>> >>>>I was wondering which compiler would be better for compiling crafty and >>>>other chess related programs. Dr.Hyatt already said vc6 was faster than >>>>gcc but when I went to the store I noticed the borland c++ pro. So please >>>>help with this as I would like to learn C++ better than I do. >>> >>> >>>I don't think you will find a compiler that produces better code than >>>MSVC. Borland will compile faster, but the code will run slower... >> >>How much slower? >> >>Pauli Misikangas > >I was testing this about a year ago an MSVC++ produced about %20 faster >executables. Almost all compilers produce faster code than Borland! >Well ... I've tested Symantec, Watcom, MSVC++ ... I don't know about >IBM VisualAge, however I bet it is faster. Don't know about Intels own >compiler, but this one might produce the fastest code of them all. >I use to like Borland ... long time ago .. :)) > >regards. >hristo Borland got started when MSVC was 500 bucks, and turbo-whatever was in the 50 dollar range. one point is that the last time anyone reported to me, borland did not support long long or __int64. If it doesn't you can forget about compiling crafty of course...
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