Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!udel!mmdf From: MDOELL%DOSUNI1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Magnus Doell) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Compiler comparisons (object code) Message-ID: <39412@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 18 Dec 90 16:17:04 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 29 The following doesn't compare a big program but a standard benchmark program. So it might help to know about: dhrystone 1.1 - test These are the results for my system, a 16MHz 386sx with 2M RAM running MINIX-386 with my extensions to allow 16-bit processes. All tests were made on an empty system (kill -9 -1). compiler segment-sizes files-sizes speed -O text data bss stack memory normal stripped ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cc 4832 630 7406 8192 21060 7766 5494 1724 bcc -0 5888 352 7396 8192 21828 8272 6272 2272 bcc -3 6064 428 12700 8192 27384 7900 6524 1785 gcc(1) 5744 244 12700 8192 26880 7412 6020 2500 (1) I use Bruce' port of gcc to MINIX This isn't equal to the one found in pub/Minix/uk at plains.nodak.edu Hope this helps. Ma.D. ------------------------------------------------------------- Magnus Doell Parkstr. 7a D-4500 Osnabrueck (Germany)