arul@sdsu.edu (Arul Ananthanarayanan) (10/30/89)
I have been experimenting with gcc version 1.36 on a Sparcstation 1 the last few days and I have noticed that the gcc produced code executes slower than the code produced by the Sun supplied C compiler. Compilation time is noticeably faster with gcc. Can anyone shed any light on this? I was under the impression that gcc was supposed to be a big win on the SPARC. I have never used gcc on a SPARC before as we have only Sun3's here. (Where the superiority of the gcc produced code over the Sun C compiler code is clearly evident.) I also cannot profess to know very much about the internals of SPARC architecture. The programs I tried were just a few number crunching routines and something called "drystone 2.0" which came over the net a year or two ago. Thanks, Arul -- INTERNET: arul@sdsu.edu work: (619) 594-7207 UUCP: sdsu!arul home: (619) 583-0439