From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Subject: Re: Choosing a Unix like OS for a pc Date: 29 Jun 1993 04:43:02 EDT
In article <PCG.93Jun25164008@decb.aber.ac.uk>, pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
> The Princeton/ATT 'lcc' compiler is extremely small, and much faster
> than 'gcc'. 'gcc' is a monstrosity.
>
> Unfortunately 'lcc' does not come with a 386 code generator; building
> one by hand or by using one of the various code generator tools that can
> be adapted to it is reputed to take only a few months of work. I cannot
> do it; any volunteers?
I just made a BSDI kernel (presumably about the same size as a 386BSD or
NetBSD kernel). The "make depend" took 56 seconds elapsed and the "make"
took a little bit under 5 minutes elapsed. I say "a little bit under" as
ntp was adjusting the clock, so the reported time was off by a few seconds.
This was on a 486DX2-66, Adaptec 1542B, Seagate ST42400N drive. This was
a vanilla ISA motherboard (the "Vega" 386/486 "upgradable" one) with 256Kb
of 15ns cache. Cost $735 at the local clone house. It also had 32Mb of RAM
on-board (about $1100 at the same place).
So, gcc may indeed be a pig, but once you hit Warp 10 you don't notice
it as much 8-)
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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