Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 09:54:00 +0100
From: Thomas Eifert <EIFERT AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: Program fast w/BC++, slow w/DJGPP
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Reply-To: eifert AT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Organization: Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen

> SHORT STORY:
> 
> How many reasons can you think of that will cause a CPU-intensive
> program run twice as fast when compiled with Borland's C as compared
> to the same code compiled with DJGPP 1.12maint2?  I specifically ask
> for *any* reason you can possibly think of, because I have such a
> program and, after testing every cause I could think of, I'm out
> of reasons.
> 
> LONG STORY: 
 ...
> 

recently (with 1.12m5) I've observed the following:
Removal of all that get-more-memory-under-dos stuff, emm386, qemm 
etc., i.e. leaving back a simple "himem.sys" in the config, made
every gcc-stuff *much* faster - perhaps You'll try that ?!

Thomas Eifert


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