CB> It was a very interesting point of how just minor, reasonable changes
 CB> in code can totally change the benchmarking results, especially when
 CB> the benchmark is onlya single program.  And how compiler makers can
 CB> quite 'reasonably' proclaim their compiler produces the best code.
 Quite amazing really. Anyone could take any case for any compiler and claim 
 something for it. I like GCC and friends because A) it's free and GNU
 B) it really doesnt claim anything or say how better it is and C) Its the
 product of 30 some years work so that there proves it must be pretty decent.
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