I propose to renato copy this post in harbour website so it will be intresting for all harbour newbbies 2009 Speed Comparision
2009/3/19 Viktor Szakáts <harbour...@syenar.hu>: > Additional information, ranks by executable size in KB, plus > some conclusions: > st-c52bli 271 > st-hb-msvc 566 > mt-hb-msvc 586 > st-hb-bcc 629 > mt-hb-bcc 652 > st-hb-pocc 669 > mt-hb-pocc 695 > st-hb-ow 760 > mt-hb-ow 807 > st-hb-icc 811 > mt-hb-icc 843 > st-xhb-xcc 962 > st-hb-mingw432 1076 > st-hb-mingw433 1100 > mt-hb-mingw432 1136 > mt-hb-mingw433 1160 > mt-xpp 252 (shared) > For me the clear winner in all technical aspects is MSVC, > creating almost the quickest executables (probably LTCG > can enhance it a bit), and the smallest ones. It's also > gratis, supports x64, unfortunately it's not free software > and not multiplatform at all, but very-well supported by > 3rd parties. Next one is MinGW, which is free, open source > and multiplatform, also very well supported, gives the best speed > amongst free tools (and the smallest MT overhead), but it > generates huge executables on Windows. ICC stays being > a curiosity because it's payware, Open Watcom performs > unfortunately poorly in all aspects, I'm not sure what benefit > can it do us for now, maybe in the future, or maybe it's possible > to tweak performance. BCC and POCC have similar middle-ground > performance, both closed-source and gratis, both with bugs > and largely missing support from 3rd parties, uncertain future. > POCC supports ARM and x64, uses standard COFF libs and > all editions are gratis (not just some old versions with weird > licensing), POCC can also generate proper .dlls, so it clearly > wins over BCC. > So my overall rank goes like this: > - MSVC > - MinGW (top rank, if being free software is important) > - POCC > Maybe owatcom, if it can be made faster, but otherwise, > it's unfortunately useless. I see no reason to deal with > BCC at all, since POCC is a better alternative. > Most of these isn't news, what's new is that POCC is a very > good replacement for BCC (if MSVC and MinGW isn't an option), > and the unfortunate results of Open Watcom. > [ Notice that Open Watcom's .dll support in Harbour is broken. > Anyone to help fixing it? ] > Rgds, > Viktor > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Viktor Szakáts <harbour...@syenar.hu> > wrote: >> >> Hi Marek, >> Yes, I've run tests ST and MT with pocc, ow, bcc, mingw and >> icc for comparison, >> also included previous Clipper, xpp and xhb tests. >> Get them here: >> http://www.syenar.hu/harbour/winbench.zip >> Machine: >> P4 2.6 HT 3GB RAM. No other apps running. >> Command lines: >> hbmk2 speedtst.prg -gc3 -mt -ospeedtstmt >> hbmk2 speedtst.prg -gc3 >> Ranks based on "Total app time" [sec]: >> st-hb-icc ..27.39 >> st-hb-msvc ..29.88 >> st-hb-mingw432 ..40.08 >> st-hb-mingw433 ..41.91 >> st-hb-bcc ..42.81 >> st-hb-pocc ..42.86 >> mt-hb-icc ..48.22 >> mt-hb-msvc ..49.66 >> st-hb-ow ..53.56 >> mt-hb-mingw433 ..56.94 >> mt-hb-mingw432 ..57.02 >> mt-hb-bcc ..64.47 >> mt-hb-pocc ..69.09 >> mt-hb-ow ..77.03 >> mt-xpp .108.45 >> st-xhb-xcc .116.11 >> st-c52bli .259.30 >> Rgds, >> Viktor >> 2009/3/19 Horodyski Marek (PZUZ) <m.horody...@pzuzycie.com.pl> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Viktor Szakáts [mailto:harbour...@syenar.hu] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:39 PM >>> To: Harbour Project Main Developer List. >>> Subject: Re: [Harbour] Speedtest results >>> >>> Here is mine, just for fun :) [ BTW, Chen, you'd wonder how >>> much faster Harbour would be with MSVC or MinGW. ] >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> >>> --- exe size: 586KB (static) >>> 03/18/09 11:10:46 Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 >>> Harbour 1.1.0dev (Rev. 10642) Microsoft Visual C++ 15.0.26569 (32-bit) >>> THREADS: 0 >>> N_LOOPS: 1000000 >>> [ T000: empty loop overhead ]...................................0.05 >>> ==================================================================== >>> [ T001: x := L_C ]..............................................0.03 >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> [ T056: f_prv( c ) ]............................................0.39 >>> ==================================================================== >>> [ total application time: ]....................................29.81 >>> [ total real time: ]...........................................29.98 >>> >>> Viktor, >>> can you present too test with OW on this computer ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Marek Horodyski >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Harbour mailing list >>> Harbour@harbour-project.org >>> http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Harbour mailing list > Harbour@harbour-project.org > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour > > -- Massimo Belgrano _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
