By: Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com), July 11, 2013 4:20 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Klimax (danklima.delete@this.gmail.com) on July 10, 2013 11:30 pm wrote:
> (And I suspect it is only matter of time when GCC will gain that)
Actually that's unlikely to happen. GCC is the largest compiler out there covering most languages and architectures combined; as such new optimization passes are accepted only if they yield measurable benefits over a broad range of real world codes (or a single load which happens to be very important or common). Optimization passes that improve benchmark scores alone are rejected by default.
> (And I suspect it is only matter of time when GCC will gain that)
Actually that's unlikely to happen. GCC is the largest compiler out there covering most languages and architectures combined; as such new optimization passes are accepted only if they yield measurable benefits over a broad range of real world codes (or a single load which happens to be very important or common). Optimization passes that improve benchmark scores alone are rejected by default.