• Manu (3/3) May 31 2013 Building DMD with MSVC results in a compiler that runs MUCH MUCH faster.
• bearophile (9/14) May 31 2013 How much faster?
• Manu (4/14) May 31 2013 Are the releases not built with DMC? Last time I tried to build DMD, it ...
• Joseph Rushton Wakeling (3/5) May 31 2013 ... Numbers?
• Benjamin Thaut (2/6) Jun 01 2013 I haved measured it exactly but its alt least twice as fast.

Manu <turkeyman gmail.com> writes:

Building DMD with MSVC results in a compiler that runs MUCH MUCH faster.
In the interest of making DMD releases as fast as possible, this should be
standardised.

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Manu:

 Building DMD with MSVC results in a compiler that runs MUCH 
 MUCH faster.
 In the interest of making DMD releases as fast as possible, 
 this should be
 standardised.

How much faster?
And how much time does it take to compile DMD itself? I compile 
DMD almost every day, so I am interested in keeping this time 
quite low.

(On Windows I use G++ v.4.8, isn't it good enough to compile DMD, 
instead of MSVC?)

Bye,
bearophile

Manu <turkeyman gmail.com> writes:

On 1 June 2013 12:02, bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> wrote:

 Manu:


  Building DMD with MSVC results in a compiler that runs MUCH MUCH faster.
 In the interest of making DMD releases as fast as possible, this should be
 standardised.

 How much faster?
 And how much time does it take to compile DMD itself? I compile DMD almost
 every day, so I am interested in keeping this time quite low.

 (On Windows I use G++ v.4.8, isn't it good enough to compile DMD, instead
 of MSVC?)

Are the releases not built with DMC? Last time I tried to build DMD, it was
configured to use DMC by default.
I'm sure GCC would also be fine.

"Joseph Rushton Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling webdrake.net> writes:

On Friday, 31 May 2013 at 23:32:36 UTC, Manu wrote:
 Building DMD with MSVC results in a compiler that runs MUCH 
 MUCH faster.

... Numbers?

Purely out of academic curiosity, as I'm a GNU/Linux user :-)

Benjamin Thaut <code benjamin-thaut.de> writes:

Am 01.06.2013 04:13, schrieb Joseph Rushton Wakeling:
 On Friday, 31 May 2013 at 23:32:36 UTC, Manu wrote:
 Building DMD with MSVC results in a compiler that runs MUCH MUCH faster.

 ... Numbers?

 Purely out of academic curiosity, as I'm a GNU/Linux user :-)

I haved measured it exactly but its alt least twice as fast.