Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 17:12:03 04/18/04
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On April 18, 2004 at 19:28:16, Eric Oldre wrote: >On April 18, 2004 at 13:10:26, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>From time to time people ask about what compiler they can use to compile their >>program. Sometimes they're looking for a free one. Microsoft has recently made >>the command-line version of their .NET 2003 C++ compiler available at >> >>http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ >> >>Dave > >Dave, >It was my understanding that the .NET compiler produced "managed" executables, >which had quite a bit of overhead. (but were less prone to buffer overflow >errors). > >I'm guessing that if people are using it to compile things where performance is >critical (ie chess engines) that i must be wrong in my understanding. > >can anyone confirm or deny this for me? > >Thanks, >Eric Oldre Hi Eric, Your right, managed code is not suitable for chess engines, but this compiler, depending on the command line argument, can compile into managed code or into native code. Mathieu P.
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