From: already5chosen@yahoo.com

On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:22:30 +0000
bart  wrote:

> On 31/10/2025 00:28, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> > On 2025-10-30, David Brown  wrote:
> >> If I were developing a compiler, I would not advertise any kind of
> >> lines-per-second value.  It is a totally useless metric - as
> >> useless as measuring developer performance on the lines of code
> >> he/she writes per day.
> >
> > If that were your only advantage, you'd have to flout it.
> >
> > "[[ Our compiler emits lousy code, emits only half the required ISO
> > diagnostics (and those are all there are), and is compatible with
> > only 75% of your system's header files, and 80% of the ABI, but
> > ...]] have you seen the raw speed in lines per second?"
> >
>
> How would Turbo C compare then?
>

Turbo C implented majority of C89/C90 years (like 3-5 years in some
cases) ahead of many of so-called "serious" C compilers.

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