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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:32:54 +0100
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 08:58:16AM +0100, Florian Beyer <fbeyer AT uni-muenster DOT de> wrote:
> Is there still anyone working on pgcc?

In practise, no. pgcc is in maintainance mode due to sever lack of time :/

> Will there be a new version (perhaps for gcc 3.x) soon?

I should at least make the patch for 2.95.4, yes, but gcc-3.x produces slower
code (backend), but has a different internal structure so I expect much
better optimizations "soon".

> What compiler is the best choice at the moment to
> compile a linux system from scratch with a PentiumIII-Processor?

Please note that pgcc is primarily for pentiums, not later cpus, so the
gains are low on modern cpus.

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