Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cornell.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!jqj From: jqj@cornell.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Tartan C compiler Message-ID: <572@cornell.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 08:29:29 EST Article-I.D.: cornell.572 Posted: Thu Dec 13 08:29:29 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 06:42:03 EST Sender: jqj@cornell.UUCP Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 16 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? jqj@cornell.arpa jqj@crnlcs.bitnet cornell!jqj (Usenet/UUCP)