Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 12:53:30 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 11:57:06, Dann Corbit wrote: >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? Several big companies employ people to work on open source projects, IBM being a good example. Peter
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