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Subject: Re: Fastest freeware C++ compiler?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 01:50:32 12/14/03

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On December 14, 2003 at 04:47:24, Russell Reagan wrote:

>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.

Aha. Now I understand. Thanks!



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