[fpc-devel] Comparison FPC 2.4.4 - Delphi 7

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 20 May 2011, Alexander Klenin wrote:
> > FPC:
> > 302251 lines compiled, 45.2 sec , 2257728 bytes code, 1688152 bytes data
>
> So Delphi is 9 times faster?


At compiling yes, but now lets put the facts another way...

* FPC supports 10x more platforms than Delphi
   - Linux, FreeBSD, Haiku, Mac OS X/Darwin, DOS, Win32, Win64, WinCE,
     OS/2, Netware (libc and classic) and MorphOS

* FPC supports 5x more processors than Delphi
  - Intel x86, Amd64/x86_64, PowerPC, PowerPC64, Sparc, ARM

* FPC support double the CPU bit count than Delphi
  - 32-bit and 64-bit

* FPC is infinitely cheaper than Delphi


So which compiler is really better?  :-)


-- 
Regards,
  - Graeme -


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