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Subject: Re: Bitboards, Borland and pipelines.

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 17:44:13 12/28/99

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If you refer to my TSCP benchmark page, you will see that C++ Builder 4.0 is
about 30% slower than Visual C++ 6.0. And TSCP doesn't even do any 64-bit
operations. I would suggest switching compilers...

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~kerrigat/bench.html

-Tom

On December 27, 1999 at 10:09:23, Bas Hamstra wrote:

>I suspect my favorite Borland compiler (C++ Builder 4.0) doesn't handle 64 bit
>operations too well. As does Watcom. Presumably VC and newest GCC handle 64 bits
>more than 50% faster, because they utilize the pipelines better. Or so I'm told.
>
>Anyway: if I want to keep that compiler, is there any way I can make it's 64 bit
>operations faster? Quite simple things like BB ^= (1ui64 << Sq) seem to take way
>too much time.
>
>(The comiler allows inline asm. Even MMX opcodes, if I'm not misinformed)
>
>Any thoughts on this are appreciated!
>
>
>Regards,
>Bas Hamstra.



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