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Article #1724Re: Borland C++ vs Microsoft C 5.10
From: Michael Golan
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 18:32
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 18:32
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boyd_m@intertel.UUCP (Mark Boyd) writes: >The company I work at has a large Windows program. We just got Borland C++ >and made the necessary conversions and compiled it. The size differences are >quite surprising. > Microsoft C 5.1 .EXE: 720672 bytes > Borland C++ .EXE: 842848 bytes >The optimization for Microsoft is -Os for space. The optimization for Borland >is all but -Z (aliasing). I'm interested in knowing what everyone else is >seeing. Ok guys, anyone care to comment? I always felt that MSC produced shorter code for any *REAL* program. The above test is not even fair to MS, as MSC6 produces a little shorter code (3-6% in my large programs). Also, -Os is not optimal for code size (Despite what the manual say, you can reduce the code a little more by playing with the options). Brand new borland.com, are you listening? Prove us wrong or give us a (slow version) compiler that produces shorter code! Michael Golan mg@princeton.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!udel!princeton!phoenix.Princeton.EDU From: mg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael Golan) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Borland C++ vs Microsoft C 5.10 Keywords: windows borland microsoft Message-ID: <7320@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 19 Mar 91 18:32:10 GMT References: <350@intertel.UUCP> Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Followup-To: comp.windows.ms.programmer Organization: Princeton University Lines: 23