Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 92 14:05:59 CDT
From:	"George Jetson" <pynq AT midway DOT uchicago DOT edu>
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	GCC16: Any reason not to use it?

>The gcc16 module is simply a copy of gcc.c compiled with turbo C
>instead of gcc, which causes compiles to proceed faster (less swapping
>and paging).  Using it does not change what the compiler is or does.

My understanding is that GCC is merely an executive, that calls CPP,
CC1, etc to do the actual work; i.e., GCC itself does not do any 32 bit
operations.  This being so, is there any reason to use the 32 bit
version of GCC, given that it will be slower than the 16 bit version.

Mind you, I've never used GCC16 - never took the time to investigate it,
but from what I hear, it sounds like it ought to be the default.

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