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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: bos@serpentine.com (Bryan O'Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Berkeley Free CC? (Was: Re: Slight flame from Linux user) Followup-To: alt.hi.are.you.cute Date: 7 Jun 1995 01:39:11 +0100 Organization: Polymorphous Thaumaturgy Lines: 23 Sender: bosullvn@maths.tcd.ie Message-ID: <3r2sff$qgt@bell.maths.tcd.ie> References: <3ql3gd$je2@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <D9K4Iz.BJM@midway.uchicago.edu> <MMEAD.95Jun4013608@Glock.COM> <3qvojd$n14@park.uvsc.edu> <MMEAD.95Jun6155230@hq.ctr.vt.edu> Reply-To: bosullvn@maths.tcd.ie NNTP-Posting-Host: bell.maths.tcd.ie mmead@hq.ctr.vt.edu (matthew c. mead) writes: > > indication that it produces tighter code (at least that's been > > reported to be the case) than GCC. > Why doesn't that surprise me at all? :-) Far be it from me to wave the GNU flag too vigorously around these parts -- lest the Berkeley License fanboys suffer apoplectic aneurisms as a result of the breeze -- but that gcc produces code which is within a few percent of the likes of Sun's and SGI's compilers (which optimise out the wazoo), and that across a wide range of platforms, seems quite impressive to me. Returning you to your regularly scheduled aphorisms, <b -- Let us pray: What a Great System. Please Do Not Crash. bos@serpentine.com ^G^IP@P6 http://www.serpentine.com/~bos