From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2008-03-17, Jon Forrest  wrote:   
      
   > However, these days there aren't any "Turbo" language implementations   
   > that I'm aware of. Is this because modern hardware is so fast that it   
   > isn't worth developing compilers and linkers optimized for speed? By   
   > using proper command line arguments to gcc, can you get quasi-Turbo   
   > performance compared to using arguments that result in   
   > highly-optimized code?   
      
   Note that at least a significant part of the speed differences between   
   "Turbo*" and gcc don't come from optimization but the integration of   
   the various stages of the compiling process.   
      
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