16 Sep
2005
16 Sep
'05
11:53
On Thursday 15 September 2005 10:10 pm, Philipp Thomas wrote:
Colin Carter
[11 Sep 2005 17:45:16 +1000]: Whereas a good compiler (eg FORTRAN) will improve code significantly better than most coders.
Any modern compiler, no matter if it's FORTRAN,C,C++,Pascal or any other language, will optimize far better than most coders.
Fancy code just inhibits optimisation.
No, there are places where fancy code is necessary. Philipp, I fully agree that there are places where fancy code may be necessary, but in many cases, fancy code does inhibit optimization, especially in C.
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Jerry Feldman