Re: [OT] Re: optimizing compilers
Re: [OT] Re: optimizing compilers
- Subject: Re: [OT] Re: optimizing compilers
- From: Stefan Jung <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:34:57 +0100
Am Freitag den, 1. Februar 2002, um 19:42, schrieb email@hidden:
On Friday, February 1, 2002, at 07:49 AM, Smith, Bradley wrote:
Owen, are you talking about c, c++ or Objective C code compilation?
Does anyone know what compiler is used to build PowerPC Linux? If it's
GCC
then Owen's theory (below) must be wrong. If not then it sounds like a
good
theory.
LinuxPPC is built with GCC - a much newer release than Apple ships (but
not the latest and greatest). And yes, LinuxPPC performance tromps on
OS X (but it doesn't have lickable graphics).
There is some hope, but I do not believe that a simple switch to GCC 3.1
alone will make MacOS X nearly as fast as MacOS 9. And while the Quartz
thing surely needs some extra cycles, I get a feeling that Apple wants
the customers to buy new faster machines... just a feeling though.
Stefan