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From: cbenda@unccvax.UUCP (carl m benda)
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Subject: Re: NUMBERCRUNCHING on the PC: Should C be used at all?
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Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 17:43:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 22 17:43:39 1987
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Summary: compiler!

In article <3254@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mic@lapis.berkeley.edu (Michel Bruneau) writes:
> for pure calculation (no I/O) comparing C and FORTRAN????
> 
> 	I am still ignorant, so please let me know....


Compiler.... It depends on the compiler version and what it can do.  It is
known that most professional C compilers have switches that will allow the
compiler to produce optimized code for the particular machine the program
is running on.  This object code may allow performance increases as much
as 35%.  Why doesn't one use these switches all the time?  For the simple 
reason that to optimize the object code the compiler does alot of extra 
work which of course increases compile time.... not something one wants to
put up with while developing a program.

/Carl