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Re:How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporary x86? by detaro on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:05PM (#22283712)
-O0 means compiling without optimization. Presumably they were contractually required to have a version Office for Alpha, so they did the minimum effort thing to produce one.
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Re:How much better was DEC Alpha than contemporary x86? by mega_dingus on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:36PM (#22283878)
Exactly this
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