Newsgroups:	comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer
From:	adt AT netcom DOT com (Anthony D. Tribelli)
Subject:	Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC Here's a good rating comparision
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Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:46:46 GMT
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Herman Schoenfeld (you AT somehost DOT somedomain) wrote:

: DJGPP isn't that bad. GCC on unix/linux is standard ...

Misleading regarding linux. "Standard" doesn't mean much when there is no 
competition.

: ... There are no MSVC 
: compilers for them so any comment comparing GCC to MSVC is pretty much a waste 
: of bandwidth. 

Wrong. Some of us can read assembly language files generated by 
compilers. Some of us can link modules from "foreign" compilers that 
don't natively target a particular environment.

: If you're comparinh MSVC with DJGPP, you're wrong in all instances.
: DJGPP does support c++. 

Misleading. Gcc has frequent "internal compiler errors" when compiling 
code beyond the most trivial use of C++.

: DJGPP does support pentium optimising. (PGCC).

Misleading. The patched compiler sometimes (not often) produces code that
is slower than the original 486 optimizer's code.

: DJGPP produces fast optimized code.

Misleading, fast compared to what? Not the current versions of the
commercial compilers. 



Gcc/djgpp has a great price. Source code is fun and/or educational. 
Source code portability to nearly any console environment is great for
some projects. However, code optimization is a weak point for some target
architectures, this includes Intel Pentium. Many professional game
developers reevaluate compilers at the start of a project, include gcc
among their tests, and most seem to choose something else for their Intel
x86 targets today. 

Tony

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