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- From: mshan@ibm.net (Mike Shannon)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.os.msdos.programer,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: fastest code
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 01:21:06 GMT
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- In <4jve0c$chn@loki.tor.hookup.net>, Rajendra_Singh@msn.com (Rajendra Singh) writes:
- >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.
- >
- >I too have heard this about Watcom, and I've used it extensively under
- >OS/2. I actually heard a rumour that IBM used Watcom's compiler to
- >compile their C/Set++ for OS/2 ...
- >
- >---
- >Rajendra Singh, B. Sc. (Rajendra_Singh@msn.com)
- >"What is understood need not be discussed." - Loren Adams
- >
-
- I don't know about the "fastest" code. One could probably
- spent a lot of time just defining what this means. I believe
- that Watcom produces "cleaner" code, though, based solely
- on experience.
-
- I also use Watcom in OS/2 to generate Windows binaries. One
- of the most useful things I have found about this development
- environment is that it does not turn into instant horsefeathers
- every time I make the slightest mistake.
-
- Also, the Watcom debugger is the best I have seen in the
- Windows world. It is obviously intended for those of us who
- actually use them.
-
- Mike Shannon
- Houston, Texas
-
- <!> Once we had computers and dumb terminals.
- <!> Now we have computers and stupid terminals.
- <!> Thanks, Microsoft.
-
-