Re: gcc 3.x with Openbsd src tree

[Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>]

> On Thu 06 Feb 03 06:31, Marc Espie wrote:
> > gcc 3.2.1 is TWICE AS SLOW as gcc 2.95, and the more recent development are
> > even SLOWER.
> 
> What is making successive versions of GCC slower?

I'm not exactly sure.  My theory would be that in their zeal for
trying to get gcc to catch up to commercial compilers in quality of
output, they have paid much less attention to ensuring the compiler
itself is fast.

Sigh.

I wish the plan9 compiler was 100% free.  It's blazingly fast.

And as a developer, I want a fast compiler more than I want fast output.