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Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC  Here's a good rating comparision
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 00:23:44 GMT
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In article <5v76id$rn3 AT mozo DOT cc DOT purdue DOT edu>, "Chris Lomont" <clomont AT omni DOT cc DOT purdue DOT edu> wrote:
> db <*bowlin*@*uiuc.edu*> wrote in article
><5v5fm1$iku$1 AT vixen DOT cso DOT uiuc DOT edu>...
>>1.)BC++ 5.02,Symantec C++ and Watcom C++ produce faster and smaller
>>executables than MSVC++ 5.0.
>
>Please post some  references for these claims. The results I've heard so far
>put MSVC 5.0 exe's faster and smaller than each of those other compilers.

This sort of comparison is generally bullshit. When people make claims like 
this

What is being tested?
What compiler switches are being used?

Generally magazines run bogus compiler tests that compiler developers know how 
to fake out.

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Doesn't the marketing person who decided 
"Windows 4.0" should be called "Windows '95" 
look really stupid right now?


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