And I've opened a bug so Mozilla might get optimized build with this compiler. The bug number is :#230963: . My Friend Rsf had compiled gzip and wget using IBM's compiler and gcc on AIX 5.1. We could not get any comparison numbers concerning speed. But size was dived by 2.
Some links :
IBM's Offering
ars thread on the subject
And a PDF with some intereting numbers link
I'm not asking for a total switch if the compiler really is better than gcc. But having official build done with gcc might make Mozilla faster and if this really works I'll want Camino to be compiled with it.
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