The project I was thinking of had only about 12 functions total. I also
made no changes to the project settings after installing the R5 patch. So it
seems the new compiler is more efficient. At least now I don't have to
worry about C++ code bloating my PRC files!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jun-Kiat Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
>Hi Dave,
>
>Well, we do have a newer compiler.....:-)
>
>The other possibility, as Eric mentions, is the settings in your project,
in
>particular the Auto-Inline setting which can _really_ bloat your code if
you
>use many small functions.
>
>rgds,
>- jk
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dave Lippincott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 8:20 AM
>Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
>
>
>> >Regarding performance, there was a quote on Gamasutra last week where
>Gabe
>> >Dalbec of DragonBane fame said CodeWarrior code generation was 40%
larger
>> >than gcc.
>>
>> I have noticed with CW r5.1, that my C++ project now compiles to a much
>> smaller PRC. Were there changes made to reduce the C++ overhead or is it
>> just my imagination? A project compiled using C++ and R5 was about 17K
>and
>> compiled with R5.1 is now 7K (without any code changes)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Cloninger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 5:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
>>
>>
>> >Sorry for the delay, I'm on the digest these days...
>> >
>> >A public patch for the Release 5 tools was made available on our web
site
>> >last week. I encourage you to download and apply it to your tools.
>There
>> >are many fixes, the most important of which was the crasher in the post
>> >linker and the sporadic appearance of odd parts of the IDE in your
>> programs'
>> >bitmaps.
>> >
>> >Regarding performance, there was a quote on Gamasutra last week where
>Gabe
>> >Dalbec of DragonBane fame said CodeWarrior code generation was 40%
larger
>> >than gcc. We looked at Gabe's settings and it turned out that he had an
>> >option turned on that was bloating his code. After turning the feature
>> off,
>> >our code generation and gcc's are pretty much the same.
>> >
>> >For those of you who use CodeWarrior, see if you have the "Auto-inline"
>> >check box turned on in the C/C++ Settings panel. This is a great
>feature,
>> >but in certain circumstances it can bloat your code. Since Palm apps
are
>> >sensitive to code bloat, you should turn it off globally and apply it
>> >manually with pragmas where you want it.
>> >
>> >-E
>> >
>> >> Date: 6 Apr 1999 21:02:52 -0700
>> >> From: Ray Rodrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> Subject: Re: gcc vs anything else
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I would like to know as well - I am happy with GCC (W95) but see many
>> >> complaints and problems posted about CodeWarrior.
>> >>
>> >> I have a copy of V4 and have just received my V5 free update, but
since
>> >> there seems to be many outstanding issues, many of which it seems are
>> >> not going to be fixed until V6, I have not bothered to use it. I
feel
>> >> reluctant to part with more money to get fixes when I am happy with
>GCC.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone like to comment ?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Ray
>> >>
>> >> george williams wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Perhaps a question for hardcore developers:
>> >> >
>> >> > I've been using gcc with a minimal emacs dev
>> >> > environment and it works fine. Are there
>> >> > any great reasons to move to a prettier dev
>> >> > solution like MetroWorks?
>> >> >
>> >> > gw.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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