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Comparing Linux C and C++ Compilers

Posted by michael on from the consumer-reports dept.

ChaoticCoyote writes "I've posted a comparison of recent GCC versions (3.3, 3.4, and the coming 4.0) with Intel C++ 8.1, including several benchmarks and "state-of-the-product" reviews. The new article replaces an older piece I published in late 2002. This new comparison marks what I hope will be an ongoing series that tracks the quality of Linux compilers."

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  1. +1, Technology, w00t! by acceleriter · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oops, wrong site. Sorry.

    --

    CEE5210S The signal SIGHUP was received.

  2. What the heck with compile times? by dtor_sdt · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So what, 4.0 will be even slower? Great news. NOT!

  3. Not a lot of selection for Linux compilers, eh? by doomdog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The title of the piece is "Linux C and C++ Compilers", yet the only ones benchmarked are GCC (various versions) and Intel's 8.1 ICC. Aren't there any others out there???

    You know, it seems there were far more compilers available for DOS and OS/2 than are available for Linux. To me, this says that Open Source removes software choices from the consumer in the long run, which means that open source is not a good thing for the general software-consuming public. The ones that benefit from open source are those who don't want to pay for software...

    Future generations will look back on open source, curse us and wonder how we could have been so naive and self-centered as to actually promote it...

  4. Re:gcc! by LiENUS · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    troll much? http://icecream.sourceforge.net/ that the icecream your talking about? looks like a shoutcast client

  5. Re:Performance isn't everything. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just like the chances of your ever having had sex (with a woman), you little basement-dwelling troll.

  6. case sensitive by Mr.Zong · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Any high level language compiler that is still case sensative should have it's collective dev team drag out the street and shot.

    Having to hunt down the difference between X and x in 10,000+ lines of badly documented code is getting freakin old.

    RAGE!

  7. Re:C++ compile times? by J_Omega · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Does no-one care about people who actually compile kde?

    Nope, but someone does care about Gnome!