Robert Dewar <de...@adacore.com> writes: > We have run into people running benchmarks where they were > specifically prohibited from using other than the default > options, and gcc fared badly in such comparisons.
Yeah, there was the silly "benchmark" at phoronix where they came to the conclusion that tcc was a better compiler than gcc because it generated faster programs when run without any options... [*] Phoronix is well known for completely clueless benchmarking practices, but ... unfortunately some people actually seem to pay attention to what they say. -miles -- Innards, n. pl. The stomach, heart, soul, and other bowels.
