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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Microport Announces....
Message-ID: <4811@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 11 Oct 88 13:16:24 GMT
References: <12950@mcdchg.UUCP> <444@l5comp.UUCP>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <444@l5comp.UUCP> scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner) writes:
>
>Also, as regards the Greenhill's compiler, we haven't seen any major speed
>changes using this compiler. The compress program for example was actually
>slower compiled with gcc than with the standard cc under certain conditions.
>(and we were never able to get gcc to make a compress much faster than one
>from cc -O)
>

I find Green Hill's gcc to compile much quicker and produce code about 
20% faster (even on compress).  True, it doesn't work with some 
programs - GNU stuff, news 2.11, ksh.  Now if I can only get GNU gcc 
1.29 to work on the '386.  



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