Re: [Tinycc-devel] strange error

[Rob Landley]

On Friday 06 July 2007 11:21:36 Michael Huss wrote:
> Here is my crtn.o.
>
> I heard tcc builds executables that are not as well optimized as gcc's.
> Is this true? As long as tcc won't reduce my execution speed too much I
> will still use it, I am just curious.

tcc is optimized for:

1) Speed of compile time.
2) Simplicity of implementation.

Optimization of the resulting binary is down around fifth in the priority 
list.  The resulting binary can be twice the size of gcc's, and runs 
noticeably slower.  Check the website for some benchmarks and comparisons.

Rob
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