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Re: GCC still getting a lot slower
> On 02-Jan-2003, Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz> wrote:
> >
> > For C performance I think it can be practical to just benchmark linux
> > kernel build - it is fixed piece as it does not include any external
> > headers, large enought to make measurements hopefully stable enought and
> > tests performance of "usual hand writen C program" that (for C) is about
> > the most important.
>
> The trouble is, which version?
> The Linux kernel itself is not stable. To make a useful benchmark,
> you need to pick a specific version of the Linux kernel.
>
> Old versions of the Linux kernel don't work with current versions of GCC,
> and probably current versions of the Linux kernel won't work with future
> versions of GCC.
Yes, but I think there is large enought overlap to make the measurements
usefull. In casee we are interested in compilation speed only, we can
simply fix new syntax errors.
Honza
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