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- From: srwillrd@novia.net (William E. Kempf)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: fastest code
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 22:50:49 GMT
- Organization: Novia Internetworking <> 28.8kbps dialup; 402/390-2NET
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- c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) wrote:
-
- :In article <NFS9dJAHgWYxEwdO@chrism.demon.co.uk>,
- :Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- :>I've heard it said that Watcom have the best compiler in terms of code
- :>speed. What they do NOT have is a particularly good development
- :>environment - VC++ is the clear winner in that department.
- :
- :Who cares? The end user doesn't see the development environment. It's just
- :fluff for programmer wannabees.
- :--
- :
- And Chris M. is a wannabe?!!?!
-
- A good environ makes a huge difference to a programmer during
- development (though every developer has a different opinion about what
- a "good" environment is). For this reason, many developers actually
- have two compilers, one for development and one for final builds.
-
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