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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Philip I. Long wrote:

> 1-Your project seems targeted to the 586 core.  I am concerned 
> with 686 performance. Will code optimized for the 586 core also be 
> optimized for the 686 core?

Sure - pgcc can optimize specifically for PPro/K6.

>  (Pentium II specifically if that makes a difference).

Haven't tried, but I'd say PPro or K6 optimization should work best for
the P2.

> 2-How well does PGCC do with the 6th generation intel processors 
> compared to GCC 2.8.1 with -O2[3] -march=PentiumPro?

Expect about 10-15% gain.

LLaP
bero
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