Benjamin Gawert wrote: > Douglas Siebert wrote: > > >>Well, I'd think it'd be about Intel's compiler more than anything, >>since >>by sticking with gcc Mac OS applications will run measurably slower >>than Windows applications when running on like hardware. > > > Really? So exactly what programs did You compare on which hardware > configurations? I'm sure You have some references to back up Your claim... > > Maybe You don't know it but the vast majority of Windows apps isn't built > with intel compilers but with the Microsoft compilers that come with Visual > Studio. And they are usually quite close to what gcc can produce > performance-wise... > > >>But unless >>Apple >>has dumped that stupid Objective-C stuff, they are locked into gcc. > > > I'm quite sure most programmers that work with Objective-C certainly won't > agree with "stupid". And Objective-C isn't bound to gcc and gcc isn't bound > to Objective-C... > > >>Unless, of course, Intel adds support for it to their compiler. I >>guess I wouldn't be completely surprised if Intel's compiler supports >>it in the next rev... > > > intel already said that there will be a MacOS X version of the intel > compilers in the near future. > > Benjamin > > will this be like the cell saga? and go on and on?
