[fpc-devel] The 15k bounty: Optimizing executable speed forLinux x86 / LLVM

[Simon Kissel]

Hi Gareth,

> A regression like this is quite serious.  I'd recommend opening a
> bug report with a reproducible case so we can investigate and hopefully fix it within the day.

created a test project, and opened two tickets:

https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=34646
https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=34647

> At the moment I'm experimenting with increasing the speed of the
> optimizer for x86_64, and then porting to i386 when it's proven
> successful.  Having teething problems though!

Sounds great. I wish more of our products had 64bit CPUs...

What's the speed-up you are seeing on my test project so far?

Best regards,

Simon