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No it is not a waste of time
Optimized compilers are not required by everyone. A casual Linux user certainly does not need one as his system probably runs idle most of the time; gcc is great for them.

For those interested in free, gcc fits the bill. If you need better than you need to pay for it.
Posted by: balsover   Posted on: 05/08/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great to have the best and brightest working on the compiler.  DonnieBoy | 05/06/05
Another thing, we need binary compatibility accross distributions/kernels  DonnieBoy | 05/06/05
One would think that there would be a way ...  George Mitchell | 05/06/05
The problem is venders have to supply 10 or so drivers.  DonnieBoy | 05/06/05
And I'm telling you that the answer is a wrapper  George Mitchell | 05/07/05
Only if you go lowest common denominator  Knorthern Knight | 05/06/05
This is true but  hipparchus2000 | 05/07/05
Kind of like the idea behind NDISwrapper  Hugh Jass | 05/07/05
Let's put the REAL issues on the table  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/07/05
Those are only issues for *YOU*...  figgle | 05/09/05
I'd rather have a slow driver than none at all...  figgle | 05/09/05
Binary compatibility...  Henry Miller | 05/07/05
This guy must be a newbie in Linux  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/07/05
If you care about optimizations  balsover | 05/07/05
Improving Optimization in GCC.  mobrien_12@... | 05/07/05
No it is not a waste of time  balsover | 05/08/05
GCC can specialize . . .  CobraA1 | 05/08/05
GCC tries to specialize  balsover | 05/08/05
CobraA1, you just got spanked.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/08/05
What optimisations?  Richard Flude | 05/08/05
Interesting Linux win over Windows ...  George Mitchell | 05/07/05
More of a IBM over Dell story  balsover | 05/08/05

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