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Date:      Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:58:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Taichu Tanaka <taichu@ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux/alpha emulation available
Message-ID:  <14719.17003.819003.340916@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20000727032457K.taichu@ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
References:  <14717.2828.454006.745321@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000726220603N.taichu@ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <14718.61754.3971.667147@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000727032457K.taichu@ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp>

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Taichu Tanaka writes:
 > >  >    I've checked the performance of the compiler. With my
 > >  > numerical simulation model, the executable with CCC runs
 > >  > about 40% faster than that with gcc-2.95.1. 
 > >  > Naturally, the performance is as good as Compaq C with
 > >  > Linux/Alpha (that I used months ago).
 > > 
 > > Cool!  I'm glad to hear it.
 > 
 >    Yes, without this compiler, I feel that Alpha 21164A is
 > merely as fast as (sometimes slower than) the Pentium-II/III or
 > AMD Athlon with the same clock level.

Yes, that's exactly it..  It would be even better if Compaq would do a 
native port..

If you haven't done so already, you may want to look at the
opimization flags which are available.  Increasing the optimization
level & generating the appropriate code for your processor can speed
things up even more.

Have fun,

Drew


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