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Re: Sun compares their compiler tools to GNU tools


On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 03:06:06PM -0800, Mike Stump wrote:
> > latest compiler at the time, I found my particular application ran
> > about 30% faster using egcs.
> 
> Maybe we should start a page with user experiences with egcs?  Real
> customers with real applications who are willing to benchmark fairly
> between the two compilers, the latest compilers from each.

Collecting experiences like this would be helpful, but I fear it
will be difficult to collect.

> We then only need to decide, do we list all, or just the ones that are

I think listing all is better: we don't have to "sell" a product for money,
nor do we need be better - being honest (and we are not too bad) will
actually give us a better reputation, and this also reminds us of where we
stand.

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