Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 08:57:06 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 11:06:20, Matthew Hull wrote: >On August 06, 2003 at 09:56:54, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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 has more to do with it being a multi-platform compiler, and not just an x86 >compiler. In actaul fact, some folks are paid to work on GNU projects. There >are some at the FSF, for instance. Interesting. Who pays them?
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