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Subject: Re: C Compiler question

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 03:59:13 04/14/04

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On April 14, 2004 at 04:54:35, Christophe Drieu wrote:

>Hi, i recently tested 3 C compiler with my chess engine (Trex). I tested Visual
>C++.net 2002 , Intel C++ 8.0 and gcc 3.3.1 (mingw). gcc with -O3 option give me
>the fastest code. I tried profiling with Intel C++ but with no good result.
>Visual C has good option to optimize code but gcc it's always the best. So, is
>gcc the best compiler or am i a bad compiler user ? Visual C and Intel are not
>cheap software !
>
>If my memory is good, Christophe Theron work with gcc but use Visual C++ for
>commercial version of Tiger. Why ?

It depends on the program.

I've had very good results with GCC 3.4 prereleases lately, and GCC 3.3 is
competitive with MSVC .NET 2003.

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GCP



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