[comp.lang.c] Generating '286/'386 specific/optomized code with TurboC

gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul Gauthier) (03/18/91)

I am currently using TurboC version 1.5 and am considering upgrading to
the current version (which is what?). My question concerns what benifits
are derived by telling TurboC to compile '286 or '386 specific code. The
1.5 version allows '286 specific code generation. My question is: Does
the current version of TurboC support generation of '386 specific code?
And further, how much performance improvement should I expect when using
this option. The program I'm planning on compiling does most of its work
reading and decoding PCX/DCX bitmaps and processing them in an array in
memory, there is very litte output generated on screen or to disk; will
'386 specific code make these operations run faster?

gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca
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