Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:55:05 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 40% slowdown with dynamic /bin/sh Message-ID: <20031126025505.GB56876@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200311251507.55403.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <16322.26365.159173.946033@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200311251214.23290.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <16322.46449.554372.358751@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200311251507.55403.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 03:07:55PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > What about the newer version of gcc? That is considerably slower than > previous versions, but I don't see people screaming to have it removed. Uh... you must not know what you are talking about. GCC *COMPILES* slower as it does a better job of optimizing (which adds time to the compiling time). The produced optimzied binaries have quicker *RUN-TIME*s. Why would any one want to call for a compiler to be removed that produces faster binaries??
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