Compiler question

[EMOBA] · 05-28-2002, 12:17 AM

does anyone have any experience with a faster C/C++ compiler for linux...gcc is somewhat pokey...

trickykid · 05-28-2002, 12:25 AM

try going to www.sourceforge.net and do a search on compiler. it came up with lots of results you can look/try out. i stick with gcc, works for me like a charm and i don't think its usually the compiler, more the machine your compiling on.

[EMOBA] · 05-28-2002, 12:33 AM

thanks for the tip...i'll check it out; however, for the record i'm trying to test and tweak a wxWindows project on a dual boot box (98se/Linux). it takes more than twice as long for the freakin' thing to compile with gcc 3.1 compared to VC++. This last run (still running) is at 37 minutes, and the project isn't really THAT big...you can imagine that recompiling and testing is unbearable...

verigoth · 05-28-2002, 01:35 AM

it must be your machine, i have an Athlon XP 1600+ and gcc can build itself (bootstrap) in about 20 minutes. glibc built in 32.

verigoth

Brion · 05-28-2002, 04:42 AM

gcc 3.1 is known to take longer to compile stuff, but i've heard it produces faster code than gcc 2.95.x

also, gcc 3.1 is more standards compliant

however, u could always try icc (from intel). i've heard it produces very fast code in some cases, but i have no idea about the compile times