gleicher@CS.CMU.EDU (Michael Gleicher) (03/22/91)
Before I go through the effort of getting and installing gcc and g++ for my irises, I was wondering: how well does gcc/g++ perform compared to the SGI/MIPS compiler and CFRONT? how does the generated code compare? how do the compile times compare? how do the link times compare? I find that g++ on a Sun3 can compile and link program many times faster than a Personal Iris, even though the iris is a much faster machine (my program runs many times faster on the Iris). The compile and (especially) link times are excessive on the Iris with CFront 2.0. Am I still correct in assuming that C++ source level debugging (eg: gdb) is just a dream on an Iris? Thanks for the help, Mike