Let me just bring this up again and mention that G++ still beats GDC by a factor of 1.4 for identical programs.

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Seeing as they use the same back-end, this is clearly Not a Good Thing (tm).

Any ideas what can be done about it?

Programs attached.

(taken from http://www.ffconsultancy.com/languages/ray_tracer/ )

 --downs

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Agh! Read before you post! Read! before you post!

Sorry.