[fpc-devel] Messages overhead

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Op 2010-07-15 23:50, Daniël Mantione het geskryf:
> No. That is doesn't do justice to all the effort that is put into 
> performance optimization. It's not about maintainability being more 
> important.
> 
> It is about making the right trade-offs between:
> - Compiler speed
> - Compiler memory usage
> - Generated code quality
> - Compiler portability
> - And indeed compiler maintainability.


This is kind of what I meant, I just put it in much simpler terms. Sorry if
my earlier statement caused offence.


> Nevertheless contest the idea that FPC is a slow compiler, I have put a

I never said FPC is slow, just that it is "slower" than Kylix and Delphi -
but I also tried to explained why it is slower. I do know and acknoledge
that FPC is MUCH faster than many other language compilers out there. A
testament to the great work you guys hove done.


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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