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From: jqj@cornell.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Tartan C compiler
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 08:29:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 13 08:29:29 1984
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From: jqj (J Q Johnson)

Tartan labs recently announced an optimizing C compiler that is "plug
compatible" with PCC, but that generates code which is substantially
smaller and substantially faster.  Has anyone had experience with this
compiler yet?

I wonder what would happen if I bought the compiler and went around
recompiling everything in sight (on site?) on my 4.2BSD system.  Could
I, for example, successfully use it to build a (presumably much faster)
Unix kernel?  How much total performance improvement would I see?  How
many K new bugs would be introduced?

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