Juanma Barranquero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:03:36 -0400 > David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, that's self contradictory! > > Not really. A bit later it says: > >> On all x86 compatibles (Celeron, PIII, P4, Athlon, etc) you need gcc >> 2.95.x or earlier, or gcc 3.1 or newer.
I don't see what that has to do with the contradiction I quoted. First they say that GCCs newer than 2.95.x will be slower, then later they say that the fastest GCC they can find is 3.1. > WRT best optimizer > >> Also, I'm strongly suspicious that they only tested with vc6 and not >> with vc7.1. > > I tend to agree, but OTOH, trying the Mojo test: > <snip> > so, at least on certain situations (RVO?) gcc seems to be ahead of > MSVC. Well, and EH, probably. > Unless I'm interpreting the results in too simplistic a way or I've > done something wrong with compiler options, of course :) Anything's possible ;-> -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
