Re: slow execution speed when compared against visual c++

[LLeweLLyn Reese <llewelly at lifesupport dot shutdown dot com>]

Oscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:

F> LLeweLLyn Reese <llewelly@lifesupport.shutdown.com> writes:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > On the whole, if you are going to use gcc, you will get much better
> >     performance under linux than under windows.
> 
> Are you saying that gcc produces better code on Linux than on
> Windows?

I was thinking of library issues, not code generation.

> I thought is the same.

For many cases, yes. But if you are using exceptions, gcc will
    generate *much* better code on linux.