[LLVMdev] detailed comparison of generated code size for LLVM and other compilers

[Chris Lattner]

On Dec 14, 2009, at 7:33 AM, John Regehr wrote:

> See here:
>
>   http://embed.cs.utah.edu/embarrassing/
>
> There is a lot of data there.  Please excuse bugs and other problems.
> Feedback would be appreciated.

Hi John,

I agree with the gcc folks: it's really important to get frame pointer  
emission etc aligned across the various compilers.  ICC defaulting to  
frame pointers off and GCC/llvm defaulting to them on will seriously  
warp the numbers.  Also, while I agree that compilers should all  
optimize undefined behavior away as aggressively as possible, I also  
think it's not a very "interesting" test in the grand scheme of  
things. :)

Very interesting work though, I hope to have some time to dive in more  
later,

-Chris