return to first page linux journal archive
keywordscontents

Table 1

Execution Times on dual-boot machines using Compilers under Linux and NT. GNU C (gcc), Pentium GNU C (pgcc), Microsoft Visual C (VC), and Metrowerks Code Warrior (CW) compilers are compared. Times are from freshly-booted systems.

Red Hat Linux 5.2WindowsNT 4 (Service Pack 3)--
gccpgccFastest VCFastest CW-
PC 1 (PII/233)24.39s23.43s31.04s (VC 4)23.33s (CW 4)
PC 2 (PII/400)15.43s13.73s20.95s (VC 6)14.00s (CW 4)