Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:22:18 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: gcc-2.95.3 vs gcc-3.0.4 |
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Larry McVoy wrote: > > Try 2.72, it's almost twice as fast as 2.95 for builds. For BK, at least, > we don't see any benefit from the slower compiler, the code runs the same > either way. >
Amen.
I want 2.7.2.3 back, but it was the name:value struct initialiser bug which killed that off. 2.91.66 isn't much slower than 2.7.x, and it's what I use.
"almost twice as fast"? That means that 2.7.2 vs 3.x is getting up to a 3x difference. Does anyone know why?
[ Of course, if you can wink-in the object file from someone else, it's not a problem. (tum, tee tum...) ]
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