Author: Tom King
Date: 14:20:11 05/11/00
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On May 11, 2000 at 13:28:10, Christophe Theron wrote: [snip] > > >GCC produces very good code. > >For Chess Tiger I have just discovered that by using some different optimization >options it produces code that is as fast as the code generated by MSVC 6.0, SP3, >with maximise speed on. And this is an old version of GCC (2.7.x). > Hi Christophe! I'm still using gcc 2.7.2, and am a big fan of GCC. What optimizations have you find which produce fast code from GCC? I'm using -O3 -m486 -fomit-frame-pointer Any others worthwhile? Rgds, Tom tom_king@btinternet.com *not* tom@hatbulb.demon.co.uk any longer, but I don't know how to tell CCC that! >So the standard edition of MSVC6 will produce a code that will be much slower >than what you get with the free GCC. > > > > Christophe > > > >> In other words, would one of the biggest things >>I'd give up be the speed that MS compilers are know for, and basically I'd get a >>good package anyhow? Because I'm not really convinced that I have a real need >>to be turning out ultra fast programs, when a good learning tool might really be >>more effective (as long as it really can compile programs). And not that I have >>the backround to do it now, but I think creating a program & interface probably >>interests most people. >> >>Pete
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