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From: sac@decuk.uvo.dec.com (Stephen A Carpenter)
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Subject: Re: Compiler comparisons (object code)
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Date: 12 Dec 90 17:07:23 GMT
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How about using the -S switch and looking at the size/quality of the assembly
language code?

The example is too small to be conclusive. Try comparing the stripped exe size
of program that
is several thousand lines long.


Stephen.