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From: woody@tybalt.caltech.edu (William Edward Woody)
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Subject: Re: What C compiler generates fastest code?
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Date: 3 Jul 88 21:58:18 GMT
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The word I have is that the MPW C compiler version 2.0, provided by Greenhills
is considered one of the best optimizing C compilers nowadays, and is the
same front-end which appears on several mainframe C compilers.  However,
I don't have any statistics to back up this statement...

After having worked with the MPW C compiler for quite some time, and
delving into the guts of the generated assembly, it sure does look very
optimal.

And the MPW C compiler does support the 68020 and the 68881, but the code
generated for those processors is not as optimal as possible.
  -  William Edward Woody
     woody@tybalt.caltech.edu                   (Mac>][n&&/|\)&&(MacII>AT)
Disclamer:  I haven't the foggiest idea what I'm talking about...