From: "H.W. Stockman" <hwstock AT swcp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: egcs/Pentium opts in djgpp?
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:17:29 -0600
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> "H.W. Stockman" (hwstock AT swcp DOT com) writes:
> > I'm sure this is oft-discussed:
> >
> > Is there a timetable for adding the egcs
> > capabilities to DJGPP?  I tried PGCC, and it
> > produced slower executables (for my very specific
> > application) than DJGPP, using similar switches.
> 
> Must be either a PGCC bug, or the switches were *too* similar: -O6 is
> needed on pgcc's command line to actually get the pentium-specific
> optimizations.

I tried -O6 and every other switch that seemed vaguely
related to post-486 architechture, as well as verious alignment
args.