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Subject: Re: ot ok, what about the new gcc 3.4

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 06:56:54 08/06/03

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On August 06, 2003 at 00:27:34, ERIQ wrote:

>I think they know about the speed issues and are trying to address them in many
>ways, maybe a better ? is when,(not if) will gcc be faster than microsoft visual
>c++. my guess is when they go to gcc64.

My guess is that GCC will always be an excellent compiler worth having but that
it will also never be as fast as MS VC++.

The .NET compiler is really excellent.

Microsoft and Intel C++ compilers are professional compilers written by
professional people who have nothing to do all day but improve the compiler.
They get paid to do it.

The GCC compiler is written mostly by college kids who have spare time on their
hands.

It's actually miraculous that it (GCC) is as excellent as it is.

If you are waiting for GCC to outperform MS VC++ or Intel C++, you are going to
have a very, very, very long wait (I predict).

IMO-YMMV.



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