[csw-maintainers] Filezille, wxwidgets and C++

[Peter FELECAN]

Laurent Blume <laurent at opencsw.org> writes:

> On 04/07/13 15:38, Peter FELECAN wrote:
>> How can we test the performance on SPARC between programs built with
>> these compilers?
>>
>> Have you some references about this issue? Is there a benchmark used to
>> substantiate it?
>
> I used to bench it using "openssl speed". That was a long time ago,
> and Studio was definitely much faster then. I've not done it recently.

Can you elaborate a bit on "openssl speed"? You agree that we are not
talking about SS speed but the speed of binaries built with SS, isn't
it?

>> In what you propose, we still use g++ on the very platform which has a
>> performance issue and with SS on the platform where g++ doesn't. Why not
>> go with g++ on all platforms in this case?  Maintenance wise is less
>> complex, isn't it?
>
> Yes, I agree. I see it mostly as a way to try it, even if sadly, it's
> not possible to try it where it'd be most needed.
> And as I'm maintaining that particular bit, it's not just something
> I'm pushing on somebody else. The goal is to provide wxwidget with g++
> ABI to others. As to how I do it, they should not worry about that ;-)

You're right, consequently I agree...
-- 
Peter