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Is MSVC worth it? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I currently maintain a legacy C+ app that runs on x86/x86_64/armhf linux, all 4 android archs and x86/x86_64 windows.

The linux compilation phase takes 1m, whereas on windows (using MinGW) it takes 10m. It's not the end of the world, but would the MS compiler be faster? Better?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Do consider that Microsoft is not your friend and may pull evil legal and pricing tricks that fuck you over down the road. For instance, something like what Unity tried to pull recently.

Hell will freeze over before GCC or MinGW tries to pull something like that. (And even if they tried, someone could fork GCC or MinGW to ensure a free version remains available.)