16 Sep
2005
16 Sep
'05
02:10
Colin Carter <colincarter@exemail.com.au> [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