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From: tdwest@lion.waterloo.edu (Terry D. West)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Lattice 4.0 versus Manx 3.4
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Date: 17 Dec 87 01:19:22 GMT
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In article <1759@unicus.UUCP> craig@unicus.UUCP (Craig D. Hubley) writes:
>
>With two relatively new compilers around, it's time to get into flame wars:

I'm game :-)

>Who has used Lattice C 4.0 and/or Manx C 3.4 ?  
>
>Lattice, in their ads, claim:
>
>		Lattice 4.0			Manx 3.40
>		-----------			---------
>		1294 Dhrystones	versus 		1010
>		IEEE Float in 22.2 s	versus 	98.85 s
>		FFP Float in 10.16 s 	versus	17.60 s
>		IEEE Savage in 47.67 s	versus	119.6 s
>			at .000000318		at .000109
>			accuracy		accuracy
>

Am I wrong or does the Manx have NO optimizer (yet) as opposed to Lattice
which does?  Most of the Manx compilers do not have optimizers (yet)
with the exception of the Z80 one.  Research in Motion Ltd. in Waterloo,
Canada produced that one... who knows if they will go on to do it
for the other Manx compilers...

--

Terry D. West
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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