[Developers] [ADMB Users] Do you use Borlands compiler? we are considering dropping it.

[Allan Hicks]

I have found that when compiling Stock Synthesis, especially with Microsoft
compilers it took more than 20 minutes. But, this was mostly due to
optimization. Therefore, when developing SS, we compile without
optimization (safe-mode) which takes a minute or two at most, then for a
release version, we turn on optimization.  I haven't formally compared
compilation times between Borland and Microsoft, but safe-mode may be a
useful option when developing models.

The Microsoft compilers are also free, including 32-bit and 64-bit.  I am
not sure about a conflict with rtools, but if I remember correctly, that
may be an issue with emacs instead of the compiler.

Allan

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Paul Conn <paul.conn at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Kyle Shertzer compared compile times awhile back and found that Borland
> had much shorter compile times than some other compilers out there.  When
> developing and compiling multiple fisheries models, we found the compile
> times to be fairly important as often you are just twiddling your thumbs
> while models are compiling.  Also, it's free and doesn't conflict with
> rtools.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 15, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Mark Maunder <mmaunder at iattc.org> wrote:
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>  Can you please send us an e-mail letting us know if you use the Borland
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