Re: xxd -i vs DIY Was: C23 thoughts and opinions

On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 02:07:59 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 18:39:55 +0200, Bonita Montero wrote:
 

MSVC quitted compilation after allocating 50GB of
memory, gcc and clang compiled for minutes. 

 
Next time, don’t even bother with MSVC.

For smaller file (but still much bigger than what is likely to be
encountered in practice, 155 MB binary, 641 MB after conversion to
text) MSVC was both ~1.5x faster than gcc and had lower peak memory
consumption.
And that was a "new", slow MSVC. "Old", faster MSVC should fare even
better, if I ever dare to install it on computer with enough RAM.