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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!voskovec.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!news.hcl.com!frisch_nt4 From: frisch@hcl.com (Mike Frisch) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc Subject: Re: Sparc vs. x86 speed (was Re: Linux vs BSD) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 97 20:24:43 GMT Organization: Hummingbird Communications Ltd. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5ctk9i$v4$1@news.hcl.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <x73evo0yn0.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <5cnk2s$krd$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: frisch.hcl.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:66839 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5820 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2175 comp.sys.sun.misc:28158 In article <5cnk2s$krd$2@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, tallpaul@palantir.res.wpi.edu (Paul English) wrote: >the Pentium GNU compiler (currently being developed), you would find that >on Pentium & Pentium Pro machines it would compile up to 30% _faster_. It's my understanding that the Pentium optimized version of gcc compiles _SLOWER_ than regular gcc, but the code it creates is faster. Can anybody confirm is this is correct or not? Mike. =========================================================================== Mike Frisch (416) 496-2200 Ext. 2272 Software Engineer Hummingbird Communications Ltd. North York, Ontario, Canada Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not my employer