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**kazinopartnerkae** · 06-24-2010, 06:24 AM

gcc isn't even that clever. The IBM C/C++ compiler smokes the **** out of gcc in terms of performance. It's not even close. Unfortunately it's PowerPC only. But they do insane amounts of research and innovation in compiler design & optimization. Intel's C/C++ compiler is by far the best for x86...I think Visual Studio is 2nd, then gcc.

gcc is awful because it's lenient with the standards. Though they're trying, slowly, to tighten up. I can't remember all the devs I had *****ing at me thinking the compiler was broken -- "But this C++ code works with gcc!", and they never took the answer "gcc shouldn't. Your code is not standards compliant" very well. *******s.

06-24-2010, 06:24 AM	#23
kazinopartnerkae Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	gcc isn't even that clever. The IBM C/C++ compiler smokes the ** out of gcc in terms of performance. It's not even close. Unfortunately it's PowerPC only. But they do insane amounts of research and innovation in compiler design & optimization. Intel's C/C++ compiler is by far the best for x86...I think Visual Studio is 2nd, then gcc. gcc is awful because it's lenient with the standards. Though they're trying, slowly, to tighten up. I can't remember all the devs I had *ing at me thinking the compiler was broken -- "But this C++ code works with gcc!", and they never took the answer "gcc shouldn't. Your code is not standards compliant" very well. *****s.
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