Author: Albert Silver
Date: 09:33:55 08/07/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 21:04:36, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>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
>
>The last time I tested, using _crafty_, where I produced the fastest GCC
>executable possible and compared it to Eugene's executable (which is no doubt
>the best that can be done for MSVC I'd suspect) gcc was 20% behind, roughly.
>Intel's compiler is about 10-15% better than gcc, a bit slower than MSVC.
Ok thanks, and thanks to all for all the answers.
Albert
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