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From: gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu (Greg Couch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: suboptimal SGI C compiler
Message-ID: <16042@cgl.ucsf.EDU>
Date: 25 Oct 90 21:03:16 GMT
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Reply-To: gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu (Greg Couch)
Organization: Computer Graphics Lab, UCSF
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I just found a bug with "cc -O3" and the linker, and SGI's response was
that level 3 optimization is not supported!!  What's going on here?  It
links fine with the MIPS C compiler (2.11).  We have been compiling our
production code -O3 for years because we get significant performance
improvements.  Who can I complain to?  Is engineering listening?  And
what about maintaining compatibility with MIPS?  This is not a good sign.

	Greg Couch
	gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu