Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:14:34 08/14/03
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On August 14, 2003 at 04:06:10, martin fierz wrote: >hi, > >i've often been wondering how large the differences between compilers are. does >anybody have or know of a comparison of C compiler .exe speeds for >chess-relevant integer performance? e.g. crafty compiled with different >compilers run on the same machine? > >i'm asking because a fellow checkers programmer has claimed the metroworks >compiler (which i don't know myself) produces much (60%!) faster code than the >microsoft compiler - and i'm kind of sceptic about that. in my experience, the >MS compiler is a bit slower than the intel compiler, but not much (~10%); and >it's a bit faster than GCC, but again not that much (again ~10%). i certainly >always thought of it as a very good compiler. > >any numbers anyone? I would say that your fellow programmer is selling you horse feathers and pickle smoke.
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