[rescue] GCC 3.0 Solaris 8

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:29:54PM -0500, dave at cca.org wrote:
> mcguire at neurotica.com writes:
> 
> >  Of course, after I sent it, I realized that my reply might have
> >sounded self-contradictory.  Gcc's code generation sucks, but I
> >haven't sat down and neatened everything for Forte-C yet.  It is much
> >pickier than gcc.
> 
> I recall seeing comparisons of gcc & various commercial compilers
> in some unix trade rag, that put gcc at about the head of the pack.
> It was a really long time ago. Maybe 1990 or so.
> 
> So my question is:
> 
> Was that comparison bullshit? Or was gcc competitive back then,
> and has not kept up with the pace of compiler advances (which
> was obviously very high-paced throughout the 90s)?

GCC has especially not kept pace with RISC systems, or intel after the 
Pentiums.  For 486s and earlier, m68k, vax, etc, GCC is supposedly the best.

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Joshua D. Boyd