Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-09 Thread Florian Klaempfl
Jonas Maebe schrieb: > > On 09 Jun 2009, at 11:48, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > >> Thanks. Do you know what the 'PENTIUMM' cpu is? Is that Mobile Pentium >> or something? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M Maybe the option should be renamed, it should be also used for Core processors. _

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-09 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 09 Jun 2009, at 11:48, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Thanks. Do you know what the 'PENTIUMM' cpu is? Is that Mobile Pentium or something? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M Jonas ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org ht

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Jonas Maebe wrote: > > -Op??? is no problem. It's -Cp that can generate code which won't run on OK thanks. Seeing that I don't know the CPU's our program is deployed on, I'll rather stay safe. > very minor in most cases. Only -Cfsse2 sometimes produces a noticable > speedup on more recent proce

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-09 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 09 Jun 2009, at 09:24, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: leledumbo wrote: AFAIK only -CfSSE? and -Op??? that you have to worry. -Op??? is no problem. It's -Cp that can generate code which won't run on previous-generation cpus. If you're not sure, just use the lowest possible value (-CfX87 and

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-09 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
leledumbo wrote: > AFAIK only -CfSSE? and -Op??? that you have to worry. If you're not sure, > just use the lowest possible value (-CfX87 and -Op386). For optimizations, > even using -O3 is fine. Thanks. Do you know what exactly changes when you use various optimization options? Is it primarily e

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-08 Thread leledumbo
AFAIK only -CfSSE? and -Op??? that you have to worry. If you're not sure, just use the lowest possible value (-CfX87 and -Op386). For optimizations, even using -O3 is fine. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/optimised-compiler-options-for-%22release%22-version-tp23919446p2393

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-08 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Bee wrote: > ExtPascal is more for server side application. You should know where > it will be deployed and you can set more appropriate options. ;) > Well, we have a couple of CGI applications written using Free Pascal (using powtils). We deploy it on some 300+ servers. We have no clue what ha

Re: [fpc-pascal] optimised compiler options for "release" version

2009-06-08 Thread Bee
> How safe is it to deploy such an executable to a wide variety of computers > out there. ExtPascal is more for server side application. You should know where it will be deployed and you can set more appropriate options. ;) -- -Bee- has Bee.ography at: http://beeography.wordpress.com _