Re: Will C++ compilers ever be better than C compilers?

Michael Ball <michael.ball@Eng.Sun.COM>
3 Aug 1998 17:56:28 -0400

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From: Michael Ball <michael.ball@Eng.Sun.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 3 Aug 1998 17:56:28 -0400
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
References: 98-08-011
Keywords: C, C++, performance

Mayan Moudgill wrote:
> C++ compilers will produce code with lower performance than
> C compilers on equivalent code, ...


No, I don't. I can speak only for Sun, but here the backend and the
frontend are completely independent. The backend is used for all
compilers. the frontend is used only for C++.


By actual measurements there are no significant differences in
performance when compiling C code.


I believe this is typical for professional compilers


-Mike Ball-
Sun MicroSystems
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