snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) (12/29/88)
In article <46500034@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: | If you're going to compare compiled | programs (as opposed to assembled) you should get a compiler | for each system designed by people WHO HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST | IN MAKING THEIR SYSTEM LOOK GOOD. Gnu C is not a fair test. Why? What if gcc generates faster code than the vender's compiler? Perhaps what you mean is that the 'best' compiler should be used. (Where 'best' usually means 'generates the fastest code', but could mean 'generates the smallest code'.) _____ /_____\ Snoopy /_______\ |___| tektronix!tekecs!sopwith!snoopy |___| sun!nosun!illian!sopwith!snoopy