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Subject: Re: C++ compilers

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:05:14 08/20/01

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On August 19, 2001 at 02:25:52, pavel wrote:

>On August 18, 2001 at 19:54:19, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On August 18, 2001 at 03:40:01, Frank Phillips wrote:
>>
>>>On August 18, 2001 at 03:06:38, pavel wrote:
>>>
>>>>simple questions,
>>>>
>>>>whats the best Commercial C++ compilers out there? (in your opinion)
>>>>and how good is borland 5.02?
>>>>
>>>>tnx
>>>>pavs.
>>>
>>>My program (mostly C) is 25-30% faster with MS VC++ (for Windows) than gcc-2.96
>>>under Linux.  If I recall correctly Borland under Windows was similar to gcc.
>>>
>>>MS is best (for speed) but you need to be prepared to spend a lot of money to
>>>buy the non-learning version if you want fast executables.
>>
>>Though results vary from system to system, you might also try the Intel
>>compiler.  Note that it requires MS VC++ 6.0 or higher, and has no IDE by itself
>>(it uses the MS VC++ IDE).
>>
>>You can do a trial for free.  Sometimes there is a good speedup, sometimes not.
>
>
>so there is nothing special about the borland C++ 5.02?
>coz I just got it as a present.

Cygwin GCC produces binaries of roughly equivalent quality to Borland's
compilers.

Lots of people like the Borland IDE.  I think it is a good platform for a
beginner to learn.  But for the fastest binaries, it cannot compete with the
Professional or Enterprise editions of MS VC++ or the Intel compiler.

On the other hand, you can always get someone who has a copy of the faster
compilers to do a build for you.

If I remember right, you like to do inline assembly.  If the majority of your
code is in assembly, it really won't matter much what compiler you choose.



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