[fpc-devel] Comparison FPC 2.2 - Delphi 7

[Marco van de Voort]

> Op Thu, 5 Jul 2007, schreef Marco van de Voort:
> > So we can be short about this issue: want to improve? Start measuring, the
> > compiler is just a bloody pascal program.
> 
> During the 2.1 cycle, very little attention was paid to the speed of the 
> compiler itself. This is because the compiler is fast enough for our 
> needs.

Agree fully, but then we should communicate that, (and point people to the
profiler) and not blame it on portability beforehand.