Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 01:56:12 12/14/03
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On December 14, 2003 at 04:43:20, Russell Reagan 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! > >I used to use Microsoft Visual C++ 6 Professional (because I got it for $5 from >my school, it's normally several hundred at least). I quit using it when I saw >that the executable that gcc/g++ created was significantly faster than the >executable that MSVC++ 6 Pro created. That sounds almost impossible to me :). Even with just the default switches it ought at least not be slower ... > Of course, VC++ 6 is over 5 years old by >now. The point is, gcc/g++ does a pretty decent job of optimizing these days. I >think it got some bad press from earlier versions, but it is much better at >optimizing than it used to be. Of course, the latest Intel compiler and >Microsoft compiler will be faster, but they'll also cost you a few hundred bucks >(at least). > >I heard that the Intel C++ compiler was free for non-commercial use no >, or for >Linux. yes > I was able to find it for Linux, but I was not able to get it to install >at all. I couldn't find a non-commercial free version for Windows. There isnt one. > Maybe I >didn't look hard enough. I also don't know if this version supports optimization >(since I wasn't able to test it out). there is no free windows version, but the 30day trial does support full optimization. I guess the linux version does, too. > The reason I question that is because you >can also get the Microsoft C++ compiler for free, but the free version doesn't >do any optimization. > >You might try the Dev-C++ IDE, which uses the MinGW C++ compiler (gcc). For a >free deal, it's pretty nice. I use cygwin myself (when on Windows), and good old >gcc/vi/make when in Linux.
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