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From: madler@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: Freewhare hurts the NeXT (was Re: Desktop publishing)
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Date: 31 Mar 91 22:22:01 GMT
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Chris Petrilli, perhaps not the most objective source writes:
>> At the moment, the GNU C compiler is
>> most likely the best there is

and

>> In my experiences, the GNU Compilers
>> generate better code than ANY compiler, including the one Sun is
>> selling for some $4000.

I have no relation whatsoever to the GNU project, but I have to say he's
absolutely right.  The code the Sun compiler produces is crapola, compared
to what gcc does on the Sun (Sparc).  The code looks much better (that is,
much more like what I might write by hand), and in fact runs consistently
faster.

In fact, I haven't seen any compiler that makes better code than gcc, though
I have heard legends of the BLISS compiler of yesteryear ...

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu