Re: [OT] lcc first experience

Morris Dovey wrote:
> About a week ago, I downloaded Jacob's lcc package to my new (to me) 
> Win/XP box and gave it a test drive this morning. The application 
> program reads my web server's log file (currently about 35MB) and 
> reduces it to a bunch of lists, then outputs the log contents arranged 
> by each requestor's chronological list of hits. It's not really a 
> strenuous test, but there's plenty of op****tunity to screw up multiple 
> levels of indirection, etc.
> 
> The program was originally written on a Linux system and compiled/linked

> using the gcc toolchain.
> 
> With the "pedantic" option it warned (8 times) about "Assignment within 
> a conditional expression" but was otherwise friendly. The executable was

> some larger than I recollected the gcc version had been, but shrank by 
> 8KB when I used the -O (peephole optimizer) option. I think that puts 
> the size in the same ballpark with the gcc-compiled (with -O3) version.
> 
> The only other C compiler I have for my current environment is TurboC 
> V3.0 - an old friend, but not always convenient in current MS platforms.

> Unless I discover a particular need to use TC3 (or discover some 
> horrible in lcc), I'll probably stick with lcc.
> 
> My application (written in standard-compliant C, of course <g>) ****ted 
> without any change and ran without any problem.
> 
> I read comment in another thread that prompted me to comment and say to 
> Jacob:
> 
> Merci/Thanks/Gracas/Gracias/Ashkurak/Spasibo!
> 

Thank you. Really. It is nice to see that my effort is
good for users.


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