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Re: GCC Release Status (2003-08-22)

From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
To: Karel Gardas <kgardas at objectsecurity dot com>
Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>, GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:30:44 -0700
Subject: Re: GCC Release Status (2003-08-22)
References: <jmu1809lq8.fsf@desire.geoffk.org> <Pine.LNX.4.43.0308300019310.16112-100000@thinkpad.c0202001.roe.itnq.net>

On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 12:22:48AM +0200, Karel Gardas wrote:
> Is it ever possible? i.e. I still count gcc2.95.4 as a basis for compile
> time performance comparison. These days gcc3.4 is still about 50-100%
> slower than this compiler compiling MICO.

Yes, 2.95.x was faster, but comparisons need to be careful, because 2.95.x
had a vastly smaller and non-compliant standard library, so part of the
speed difference was simply that the old compiler didn't have to compile
as much code.

References:
- Re: GCC Release Status (2003-08-22)
  - From: Geoff Keating
- Re: GCC Release Status (2003-08-22)
  - From: Karel Gardas

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