Gnu C vs. cc

[Richard]

> I'm interested in the performance differences between the SunOs 4.1 cc
> compiler vs. Gnu-C 1.37.1.  Which generates better code?  Are there
> patches to Gnu-C for a better code generator/optimizer?  Thanks.  -Steve

>From previous experience of gcc, it is important to distinguish which
architecture you are running on.

On the Sun/3 gcc makes a significant improvement (3 times faster in
places) to the X server, but hardly makes any difference for Sparc or 386i
architectures.

Also important for us is the fact that gcc can't (in my version) handle
shared libraries.

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