Thanks. That's good data. I haven't seen any measurements for a few years. It's good to see that gccgo has caught up. Which version of gc did you test?
Yes, the release schedule is another important reason for building our own toolchain. Being in control of one's destiny is often underrated.
On this machine, gc 1.4.1 vs. gcc 4.9.2 (with no extra flags). My other machine has gc's tip, but runs Wheezy so it's probably an older version of gcc... it wasn't much different either way. I would barely have noticed it if I hadn't been timing it.
Yes, the release schedule is another important reason for building our own toolchain. Being in control of one's destiny is often underrated.