> I suspect the comparison is with GCC rather than Sun Studio 8/9/10 > because GCC is free (as in beer) rather than because it is the holy > grail of compiler development.
it is difficult to compare kc directly in any case, because it uses the registers differently (it ignores register windows). that might be bad if they saved you a few stores, but might be good if you use processes or coroutines. more important, gcc is the holy cow of compilers, not the holy grail.
