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Re: Reduce fpic related slowdowns


Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> There is always a penalty for using -fPIC, because the code must be
> position independent.  The usual penalty I've measured is more like 2
> to 3%.  A 5% penalty seems a trifle high, but certainly possible if
> your code uses a lot of global variables.
> 
> It sounds like you have specific examples where the code is worse.  If
> you post them we may be able to tell you whether it is possible to do
> better.
It can be found at http://bitbucket.org/richard42/mupen64plus-core/ but isn't 
yet production ready due to the architectural changes.
-- 
Robert Wohlrab


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