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> Clang pioneered LTO, but GCC does it better now. Sorry, what? VC++ already had link-time code generation by 2005. (No clue exactly which year it was introduc
by mehrdadn 7y ago
> Clang pioneered LTO, but GCC does it better now.
Sorry, what? VC++ already had link-time code generation by 2005. (No clue exactly which year it was introduced though.)
- marklacey 7y agoIt was first released in VC++ in 2002. I don’t recall if HP actually shipped it, but I know they had a tech report or research paper around 1994 that did LTO. I have a vague recollection that DEC may have shipped it in the 90s as well.
- steve1977 7y agoThe headline is clang vs. other open-source compilers, not sure if VC++ qualifies.
- compiler-guy 7y agoopen64 had link-time optimization in the early 2000s. (although they called it IPA for interprocedural analysis).