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Subject: Re: Is Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 -Standard- useable?

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 09:39:40 05/12/00

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On May 12, 2000 at 04:22:05, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On May 12, 2000 at 01:54:25, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On May 11, 2000 at 17:52:33, Tom King wrote:
>>
>>>On May 11, 2000 at 17:37:28, Pete Galati wrote:
>>>
>>>>Try toying with the "-O3" number, allot of times -O6 or 7 will be somewhat
>>>>faster for me.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I may try it - I've only ever used -O, -O2, and -O3. I didn't realize
>>>higher levels were supported. Thanks for the tip!
>>
>>
>>I think it was a joke... Or am I really missing something?
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>AFAIK, depending on the specific platform you compile on, and the version of gcc
>you use, some values higher than 3 can have an effect.
>
>Dave



They are not mentionned in the HTML doc for GCC...


    Christophe




>>>>>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!
>>>>
>>>>I just send a moderator email and explained the change, and it worked, but
>>>>there's also an email address where you can reach Steven ICD's storefront
>>>>webpage, and that'll get it done too I guess.
>>>>
>>>>Pete
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hmm.. guess I could do the same. Shame there's no automated way to do this.
>>>People chop and change email addresses quite frequently these days.
>>>
>>>At least we do in the U.K, where it's a constant battle to try and find
>>>a reasonably cheap internet access deal, without being ripped off.
>>>
>>>[grrr.]
>>>
>>>Rgds,
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>tom_king@btinternet.com
>>>*not* tom@hatbulb.demon.co.uk any longer
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>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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