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From: HORN%HYDRA@sdi.polaroid.com
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Subject: Re: GNU cc vs cc
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Date: 20 Nov 90 18:25:01 GMT
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I recently conducted a more realistic test of the compilers and found gcc
version 1.37.1 significantly faster than Sun cc from 4.0.3 on a SS1.  The
test was TeX compiled gcc -O -finline... -fstrength... versus cc -O4.  The
timings were for the average of the last 3 out of 4 TeXings of the bison
manual to avoid cache related effects.  The gcc version took 60% of the
time of the cc version.  Drhystones are often misleading.

R Horn   horn%hydra@polaroid.com