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No he didn't understand at all. Both the OP and I'm saying that while `make` claims that tcc was not used, the compiler does seem to use tcc even in that case. I have demonstrated that this is a plausible explanation by moving the tcc binary and showing the stark performance difference.

(This is my final response on this matter. I have already given enough information and an inability to interpret it is not my business.)

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I admit I misread, and you do indeed use TCC.

I've just tested it, and turns out all C compilers are terrible at hundreds of thousands of print calls (for me Clang was stuck for minutes with 100% cpu usage).

The claim was made about actual code, like the V compiler itself, which is about 220k loc and compiles in 0.3 seconds, not some unrealistic test with a million of prints.

I'll make it clear on the home page with a link to the benchmark.

Understandable to misread - I, funnily, did as well as I was quickly going down through the original comment + replies.

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