Re: [Mingw-users] Generated Binary is BIGGER than VC++ 7 generated binary !!!

[jacob n. <ja...@ja...>]

I downloaded and installed gcc (mingw)

There seems to be no problem at all with the code size for straight C.
Compiling the IDE of
lcc-win32 gives:

MSVC 827 443 bytes
gcc    773 632 bytes
lcc    684 576 bytes

All compilers are generating with optimization for code size ON.

Compile time:
MSVC 20 seconds
gcc 52 seconds
lcc 6 seconds

The speed of the generated code is impossible to measure in an interactive
program. Gcc should
be slightly faster than lcc though.

The problem we see is surely due to C++. No compiler in the world (besides
the EDG front end
and maybe Comeau C++) compiles the full standard. Gcc is approaching slowly
but there
is no point in trying to optimize anything right now.

C++ requires a LOT of man-power for building a compiler. More probably that
gcc can
master.

jacob