Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Feb 2003 17:59:29 -0500 | From | Jeff Muizelaar <> | Subject | Re: gcc 2.95 vs 3.21 performance |
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Andi Kleen wrote:
>If you want small and fast use lcc. > >Unfortunately it's not completely free (some weird license), doesn't >really support real inline assembly and generates rather bad code compared >to gcc. > >I'm still looking forward to Open Watcom (http://www.openwatcom.org) - >they are near self hosting on Linux. The inline assembly is very VC++ style >though; very different from gcc and worse you have to write it in >Intel syntax. > >Another alternative would be TenDRA, but it also has no inline assembly >and it's C understanding can be only described as "fascist". > >If you don't care about free software you could also use the Intel >compiler, which seems to be often faster in compile time than gcc now >and can already compile kernels. > There is also tcc (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/tcc/) It claims to support gcc-like inline assembler, appears to be much smaller and faster than gcc. Plus it is GPL so the liscense isn't a problem either. Though, I am not really sure of the quality of code generated or of how mature it is.
-Jeff
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