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Subject: Re: ot. is the gcc 3.3 compiler just as fast as microsoft's now?? nt.

Author: martin fierz

Date: 00:13:34 08/06/03

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On August 05, 2003 at 13:02:50, Albert Silver wrote:

>On August 05, 2003 at 11:15:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 05, 2003 at 10:45:41, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>
>>>On August 05, 2003 at 09:53:26, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 05, 2003 at 09:24:07, ERIQ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No.
>>>
>>>I have to disagree. I have performed a number of experiments and found msvc
>>>faster some of the time and gcc faster some of the time. It all depends on a
>>>number of factors that are not completely predictable.
>>>
>>>The experiments consisted of simulataneously dropping CD copies of each compiler
>>>from the roof of my home and observing which CD impacted the ground first. They
>>>never seemed to impact the ground at exactly the same time, but there was no
>>>clear favorite either.
>>
>>
>>:)
>
>Joking aside, how much slower on average is gcc compared to msvc, and more
>importantly what are the final results like between the two?
>
>                                       Albert

i once compiled my checkers program with both GCC 3.2 and MSVC7. the MSVC7 .exe
was around 10% faster.

cheers
  martin



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