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Subject: Re: compiling crafty

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:24:41 09/13/99

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On September 13, 1999 at 13:36:25, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On September 13, 1999 at 13:26:52, ERIQ wrote:
>
>>what is the best compiler to use to get the most out of crafty? I've been
>>using gcc thus far.
>
>
>MSVC (Microsoft) VC 6 is the best by a significant margin.
>
>gcc 2.95 is the next-best choice if you are running Linux.  If you
>are running windows, there really isn't a very good choice except for
>MSVC as mentioned above.  The DJGPP port of gcc to dos/windows is not
>nearly as good as gcc 2.95.  Perhaps 2.95 will be ported at some time
>by the DJGPP guys, but not so far...
>
>MSVC is at _least_ 10% faster than gcc, perhaps quite a bit more...
Cygwin has a 2.95 port.  I have it on my machine.  For Windows NT machines, it
(the Cygwin port) is much better than any DJGPP alternatives.
Still cheap at twice the price ;-)
http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/



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