Hi Dave,
Well, we do have a newer compiler.....:-)
The other possibility, as Eric mentions, is the settings in your project, in
particular the Auto-Inline setting which can _really_ bloat your code if you
use many small functions.
rgds,
- jk
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Lippincott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
> >Regarding performance, there was a quote on Gamasutra last week where
Gabe
> >Dalbec of DragonBane fame said CodeWarrior code generation was 40% larger
> >than gcc.
>
> I have noticed with CW r5.1, that my C++ project now compiles to a much
> smaller PRC. Were there changes made to reduce the C++ overhead or is it
> just my imagination? A project compiled using C++ and R5 was about 17K
and
> compiled with R5.1 is now 7K (without any code changes)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Cloninger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
>
>
> >Sorry for the delay, I'm on the digest these days...
> >
> >A public patch for the Release 5 tools was made available on our web site
> >last week. I encourage you to download and apply it to your tools.
There
> >are many fixes, the most important of which was the crasher in the post
> >linker and the sporadic appearance of odd parts of the IDE in your
> programs'
> >bitmaps.
> >
> >Regarding performance, there was a quote on Gamasutra last week where
Gabe
> >Dalbec of DragonBane fame said CodeWarrior code generation was 40% larger
> >than gcc. We looked at Gabe's settings and it turned out that he had an
> >option turned on that was bloating his code. After turning the feature
> off,
> >our code generation and gcc's are pretty much the same.
> >
> >For those of you who use CodeWarrior, see if you have the "Auto-inline"
> >check box turned on in the C/C++ Settings panel. This is a great
feature,
> >but in certain circumstances it can bloat your code. Since Palm apps are
> >sensitive to code bloat, you should turn it off globally and apply it
> >manually with pragmas where you want it.
> >
> >-E
> >
> >> Date: 6 Apr 1999 21:02:52 -0700
> >> From: Ray Rodrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I would like to know as well - I am happy with GCC (W95) but see many
> >> complaints and problems posted about CodeWarrior.
> >>
> >> I have a copy of V4 and have just received my V5 free update, but since
> >> there seems to be many outstanding issues, many of which it seems are
> >> not going to be fixed until V6, I have not bothered to use it. I feel
> >> reluctant to part with more money to get fixes when I am happy with
GCC.
> >>
> >> Anyone like to comment ?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ray
> >>
> >> george williams wrote:
> >>
> >> > Perhaps a question for hardcore developers:
> >> >
> >> > I've been using gcc with a minimal emacs dev
> >> > environment and it works fine. Are there
> >> > any great reasons to move to a prettier dev
> >> > solution like MetroWorks?
> >> >
> >> > gw.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
