Re: [Dev-C++] speed test

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

Greets.

> Running the program below in Dev-C++, Version 4, took between 209 and 235
> seconds on my system.  I don't know why the running times vary, but even
> taking the fastest time of 209 seconds, it compares unfavorably with a
> similar program compiled (36 seconds) or interpreted  (55 seconds) in
> QBasic 4 .
>
> Does Dev-C++ really produce such leisurely code?  Or can the program be
> speeded up?

I think the problem is with your settings. On mine, MingW32(Dev) takes 130
seconds, and BC++ 5.5 takes 138 seconds. Check that debugging mode is not
enabled in 'Compiler Options' > 'Linker' and 'Best Optimization' is selected
under the 'Code Generation/Optimizations' page. To perform manual
optimzations in multi-function programs, use the profiler to see where most
of the activity is taking place, and speed up those parts.

Oh, wait... I just tried that and it gave me an "access violation at address
0052b937, read of address 0x00..08". But I added it to a project and then
tried, and it went fine. Dev has many problems handling files without a
project. Can someone look into this, please?