From: David Gordon Hogan <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:26:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011109222628.9842219A60@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)
> There's been a lot of noise about how GCC might be more ugly, or
> poorly constructed, or such.
Translation: some people here have opinions that differ from yours.
> I'm asking whether amidst all that noise
> anyone has bothered to see whether it actually performs its job better
> or worse. It does seem to me to be an important question in
> evaluating tools which one is actually better at the principal job the
> tool is designed to perform.
GCC is painfully slow. I really don't care if it produces an executable
that's 5% faster, if you're working in a compile-execute-debug-rewrite
cycle, you want that compile step to complete in a reasonable time.
Plan 9's compiler beats GCC hands down on this one.
next reply other threads:[~2001-11-09 22:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 155+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-09 22:26 David Gordon Hogan [this message]
2001-11-10 0:10 ` William Josephson
2001-11-10 8:29 ` Matthew Hannigan
2001-11-10 8:39 ` Andrey A Mirtchovski
2001-11-11 1:38 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-11 3:34 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-11 11:20 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-11 17:30 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-12 10:42 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-11 8:25 ` paurea
2001-11-11 17:31 ` Dan Cross
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-28 18:54 [9fans] Python filesystem Russ Cox
2001-11-28 19:09 ` Matt
2001-11-28 21:46 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 12:24 ` Matt
2001-11-29 5:49 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-29 6:30 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 6:31 ` George Michaelson
2001-11-29 7:10 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 11:26 ` Sam Holden
2001-12-06 16:56 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-12-06 17:32 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 10:50 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-29 11:06 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-12-06 15:59 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-11-29 7:21 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2001-11-29 7:32 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-12-03 22:39 ` Laura Creighton
2001-12-07 9:36 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-12-07 14:07 ` Laura Creighton
2001-11-29 7:37 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 11:10 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-11-29 19:51 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2001-11-29 10:08 ` John Murdie
2001-11-29 10:37 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-29 12:03 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-11 16:32 [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?) presotto
2001-11-12 10:44 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-10 10:15 forsyth
2001-11-09 22:54 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-09 22:46 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-09 22:37 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-09 22:11 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-12 10:41 ` martin.m.dowie
2001-11-09 14:01 forsyth
2001-11-09 13:54 forsyth
2001-11-12 10:32 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-09 7:41 Russ Cox
2001-11-09 17:27 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-08 18:03 anothy
2001-11-09 21:01 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-08 15:09 forsyth
2001-11-09 10:17 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 15:06 forsyth
2001-11-08 15:00 presotto
2001-11-08 12:49 rob pike
2001-11-09 10:09 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-12 10:34 ` Andrew Simmons
2001-11-13 10:26 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 12:30 bwc
2001-11-08 12:58 ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-11-09 0:06 ` Noah Diewald
2001-11-09 9:51 ` Taj Khattra
2001-11-08 12:05 nigel
2001-11-09 10:08 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-09 13:43 ` Andrey A Mirtchovski
2001-11-08 8:51 Russ Cox
2001-11-08 9:22 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 6:45 anothy
2001-11-08 8:05 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 10:36 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-11-08 10:39 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 21:22 ` Matthew Hannigan
2001-11-09 0:30 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-09 7:02 ` George Michaelson
2001-11-09 15:52 ` Caffienator
2001-11-09 21:06 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-08 1:57 okamoto
2001-11-09 0:22 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-07 21:34 anothy
2001-11-08 5:30 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 5:43 ` George Michaelson
2001-11-08 7:07 ` Jim Choate
2001-11-08 7:40 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 10:40 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-11-08 20:15 ` Quinn Dunkan
2001-11-08 5:59 ` Andrey A Mirtchovski
2001-11-08 7:16 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-11-29 4:44 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-07 19:58 forsyth
2001-11-07 20:18 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-07 19:25 forsyth
2001-11-07 20:14 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 10:38 ` Caffienator
2001-11-07 18:56 David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-07 19:33 ` Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 1:43 ` Dan Cross
2001-11-29 5:01 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-11-07 17:54 [9fans] Re: Plan9 and Ada95? David Gordon Hogan
2001-11-07 18:26 ` [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?) Lucio De Re
2001-11-08 10:39 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-09-21 14:04 [9fans] Plan 9 versus CORBA? Andrew Simmons
2001-09-21 14:25 ` andrey mirtchovski
2001-09-21 14:29 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-09-21 15:16 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-09-21 14:28 ` Ronald G Minnich
2001-09-24 8:51 ` Andrew Simmons
2001-09-24 16:25 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-24 22:43 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-24 22:54 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:37 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-25 0:39 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:55 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-25 1:00 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:42 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 0:56 ` George Michaelson
2001-09-25 1:00 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 1:23 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-09-25 2:27 ` Dan Cross
2001-09-25 2:31 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-09-25 2:12 ` Dan Cross
2001-09-25 2:32 ` William Josephson
2001-10-01 9:51 ` Mike Warner
2001-09-21 14:33 ` Alexander Viro
2001-07-10 10:32 [9fans] sam vs acme rog
2001-07-10 10:43 ` Lucio De Re
2001-07-18 8:43 ` David Rubin
2001-07-18 21:17 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-18 21:40 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-18 21:51 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-18 22:55 ` George Michaelson
2001-07-18 23:00 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-19 15:34 ` Samterm panic (was Re: [9fans] sam vs acme) suspect
2001-07-19 16:00 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-20 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-19 0:00 ` [9fans] sam vs acme Boyd Roberts
2001-07-19 0:12 ` suspect
2001-07-19 0:14 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-20 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-20 9:47 ` George Michaelson
2001-07-20 10:08 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-20 16:44 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-07-20 21:57 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-10 16:04 ` [9fans] wily, acme, etc Ozan Yigit
2001-07-10 22:57 ` [9fans] sam vs acme Steve Kilbane
2001-07-10 23:23 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-11 6:55 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-07-11 13:24 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-11 21:20 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-07-12 10:36 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 8:31 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-07-12 10:38 ` Boyd Roberts
[not found] <aam396@mail.usask.ca>
2001-06-24 23:04 ` andrey mirtchovski
2001-06-24 22:14 ` Matt
2001-06-24 22:33 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-06-25 3:41 ` Dan Cross
2001-06-28 22:58 ` Boyd Roberts
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