GNU cc vs cc

[HORN%HYDRA at sdi.polaroid.com]

I recently conducted a more realistic test of the compilers and found gcc
version 1.37.1 significantly faster than Sun cc from 4.0.3 on a SS1.  The
test was TeX compiled gcc -O -finline... -fstrength... versus cc -O4.  The
timings were for the average of the last 3 out of 4 TeXings of the bison
manual to avoid cache related effects.  The gcc version took 60% of the
time of the cc version.  Drhystones are often misleading.

R Horn   horn%hydra at polaroid.com