As Paul Smedley was releasing os2gcc404, os2gcc432, os2gcc433, os2gcc440
I was testing Harbour with them
Later my choice was to use Harbour+os2gcc433 as reference and Harbour
2.0.0 for OS/2 was released with this version too
Since Dec 2009 are available os2gcc434 and os2gcc442
I tested them with Harbour and reported results
The new "Qt 4.5.1 GA Release (for OS/2)" state:
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Improvements:
* general: Switched the compiler to the GCC 4.4.2 build provided by Paul
Smeldey. This gives better standard conformance, better code
optimization and provides more compact DLLs and EXEs whose size is
greater than ~1M.
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They were using os2gcc335 in OMF type
Some of their words are agree with mine as I said when proposed os2gcc4xx:
"...better standard conformance, better code optimization..."
together with newest compiler, common in most modern OS, ...
Perhaps I will move to use Harbour+os2gcc442 as reference
What I do not like is the long time to build Harbour
In Dec I requested to Paul, with no answer:
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Since years I have a doubt:
Why os2gcc is so slow ?
Current Harbour build times are, in a fast Core2Duo E8400 3Ghz:
os2gcc335-OMF 28 minutes
os2gcc433 60 minutes
os2gcc434 60 minutes
os2gcc442 90 minutes
os2-OpenWatcom 1.8 8 minutes
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David Macias
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