> PGCC is a partial (complete? not really sure) rewrite of GNU GCC/G++ and
> so on to take advantage of the Pentium/PentPro/PentII architecture, namely
> instruction pairing to dramatically inprove performance, as well as the
> Pentium-specific instructions.
Nobody can think of easily rewriting a whole C++ compiler. PGCC is based
on
- gcc 2.7.2 (versions till mid 96, I think)
- gcc snapshots (pre 2.8 ...) (versions till 8/97)
- egcs gcc-compiler (versions from 9/97)
> The web site is (i think) http://www.goof.com/pgc. I found it by looking
> for "pentium compiler group" on yahoo (with the quotes).
^ ^ ^
=> www.goof.com/pcg
If you're interested in recent gcc development also have a look at the
egcs project:
http://www.cygnus.com/egcs
Kurt Garloff, Dortmund
<K.Garloff@ping.de>