Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 19:11:07 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Martynas Kunigelis <kunimart AT pit DOT ktu DOT lt>
To: Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
cc: jon <quacci AT vera DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Any tips on optimizing C code?
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On Tue, 13 May 1997, Andrew Crabtree wrote:

> 
> I would be careful using -m486, as that can often lead to slower performance
> on Pentium class machines or newer (it screws up alignment and uses shifts
> when it should mul).  I have an environment setup now where I can 
> rebuild gcc 2.8 with the pentium optimizations patches, and I will make the 
> compiled EXEs available to whoever wants them.  My preliminary testing
> shows a pretty decent speed increase. 
> 

Aren't you confusing pentium-gcc with gcc 2.8.0? For what I know 2.8.0 is
_not_ released yet and God only knows when will it be..

Martynas