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Subject: Re: Fastest freeware C++ compiler?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 01:47:24 12/14/03

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On December 14, 2003 at 04:28:12, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On December 14, 2003 at 01:16:48, Mike Carter wrote:
>
>>I'm working on a chess engine and the compiler I have does not seem to optimize
>>for speed.  Can anyone tell me what C++ freeware compiler creates the fastest
>>executables?  Thanks!
>>
>>Mike
>
>You've got me curious. What is the name of this compiler that doesn't seem to
>optimize for speed?

I'm not going to speak for him, but a lot of companies have a free version of
their compiler where one of the main restrictions is that it doesn't do
optimizations. For instance, you can get the Microsoft C++ .NET compiler for
free (I almost jumped out of my seat when I heard), but I learned that this
version doesn't optimize at all (which is the whole point of me getting excited
in the first place). Free versions, or academic versions for students sometimes
don't do optimizations.



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