2013/3/4 Daniël Mantione <daniel.manti...@freepascal.org>: > > > Op Mon, 4 Mar 2013, schreef luiz americo pereira camara: > > >> Is the bigger code just a side effect of a cross platform RTL or the >> generated code is really bigger / slower? >
[..] > > Code generation quality is another factor. While FPC has in absolute terms > more optimization power than Delphi, it misses a few crucial optimizations. > For example, we don't have loop induction, which allows Delphi to beat FPC > in code that stresses this. > > Further, especially regarding Lazarus, the design of the LCL simply means > that a lot of code is pulled into the executable. The Delphi VCL offers more > possibilities for smart linking away unneeded code. > Thanks for the response. It clarified me. Just a note. The Martin test, and my question in general, is not affected by LCL so the LCL size overhead is not relevant here Luiz _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
