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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: Re: Storm C/C++ Comments
- Message-ID: <DnL6Jv.Ivq@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <4h5nf2$t48@daily-planet.execpc.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:28:42 GMT
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-
- I really like the look of Storm C++, but all our projects at the moment
- rely on big, complex makefiles that would have to be rewritten into big,
- complex and different Arexx scripts for Storm C++.
-
- I tried compiling some example code I've been working on, and the Storm
- version was 2kb shorter (13Kb vs 15Kb) than the SAS version, BUT it ran
- at less than half the speed of the SAS code! (Both were set for 68020
- code ouptut, various optimiser options tested).
-
- I've asked the developers why, but I suspect it is the standard file
- operation commands (fopen(), fread(), etc.) in storm.lib are much slower
- than those in sc.lib. We tend to use standard file operations to ensure
- code portability, and aren't likely to change just so we can use Storm C.
-
- Of course, this IS only a beta demo release, it would be unfair for
- anyone to judge the product unfairly at such an early stage. I certainly
- look forward to the release version (the integrated environment is
- excellent, and the debugger is fantastic), I just hope they make sure it
- can be called from standard makefiles and improve the storm.lib (or
- whatever else was causing the slow code).
-
- Jolyon - Technical Director, Almathera
-