Re: ORCA/C v2.0

[bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)]

fmlin@terapin.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:

>Is anyone actually using 2.0 yet?  Is it really that big of improvement?  I
>guess I better get my own upgrade soon.

  The impovements are noteworthy.  There is an approximately 20% improvement
in code execution time for most programs.  Of course, if some of that 20%
is inside a tight oft-executed loop, the improvements will be even better.
With loop-invariant removal and several other important real-world
optimizations, ORCA/C 2.0 has finally come even with some PC C compilers.
  There are some bugs, but several of the beta testers for C 2.0 (myself
included) are continuting bug-busting efforts, and in turn Mike Westerfield
is continuing development on C 2.0 until March or April or so; that way,
bugs that we find will get fixed very soon and everyone will benefit.

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