[rescue] GCC 3.0 Solaris 8

[dave at cca.org]

mcguire at neurotica.com writes:

>  Of course, after I sent it, I realized that my reply might have
>sounded self-contradictory.  Gcc's code generation sucks, but I
>haven't sat down and neatened everything for Forte-C yet.  It is much
>pickier than gcc.

I recall seeing comparisons of gcc & various commercial compilers
in some unix trade rag, that put gcc at about the head of the pack.
It was a really long time ago. Maybe 1990 or so.

So my question is:

Was that comparison bullshit? Or was gcc competitive back then,
and has not kept up with the pace of compiler advances (which
was obviously very high-paced throughout the 90s)?

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