Speedy compilers

Kirk Abbott <abbottk@earthlink.net>
6 Nov 1998 16:31:41 -0500

          From comp.compilers

Related articles
Speedy compilers abbottk@earthlink.net (Kirk Abbott) (1998-11-06)
Re: Speedy compilers janusz.szpilewski@alcatel.pl (Janusz Szpilewski) (1998-11-15)
Re: Speedy compilers mwolfe@pgroup.com (1998-11-19)
Re: Speedy compilers jcrens@magicnet.net (Jack W. Crenshaw) (1998-11-19)
Re: Speedy compilers toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl (Toon Moene) (1998-11-21)
Re: Speedy compilers joachim.durchholz@munich.netsurf.de (Joachim Durchholz) (1998-11-24)
Re: Speedy compilers andrewf@slhosiery.com.au (Andrew Fry) (1998-11-24)
[16 later articles]
| List of all articles for this month |

From: Kirk Abbott <abbottk@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 6 Nov 1998 16:31:41 -0500
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.
Keywords: performance, comment

Hello,


Does anyone have any idea as to why the Delphi 3.0/4.0 compiler is so
blindlingly fast ? On my last crude check it was approaching 800
KLOC/minute. Apart from lcc does anyone know of any other fast
compilers for C or Java.


Cheers,
Kirk.
[Turbo C in its early versions was very fast, as was Ken Thompson's
Plan 9 C compiler. Obvious though it may seem, the reason that most
compilers these days are slow is that compile speed isn't a big
priority for most compiler developers, who are more worried about code
quality. -John]


Post a followup to this message

Return to the comp.compilers page.
Search the comp.compilers archives again.