Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:32:36 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ishpeck <aTedjamulia AT sprynet DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Optimizations
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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Ishpeck wrote:

> Well, if you're using DJGPP, it's not likely to go as fast as some other
> compilers are -- on account that you've ported GCC from UNIX to DOS.

This is profoundly untrue.  GCC used by DJGPP generates the code in the 
same way as it does on Linux.  There's nothing in DJGPP port of GCC that 
changes the code generation, nor is there any reason for such changes.

The GCC support of the x86 architecture is governed for a long time by 
the large Linux community, so it is quite good and improving all the 
time.

As a matter of fact, DJGPP generates code that is generally the same or 
better quality as top commercial compilers.