On 7 Apr 2009 at 17:43, William Donzelli wrote:
All of this is now the job of the compiler.
It ain't 1980 anymore.
I understand. There's no longer any need for an in-depth
understanding of the functioning of one's tools. Write garbage and
leave it to the compiler (both to be correct and to do the best job
of optimization). If it's too slow or too big, tell the customer to
buy more memory or a faster system, or both.
Compilers always generate correct highly-optimized code and chips
always execute code the way it's documented in the manual. Nothing
to see here, move along please.
How sad. If I were just starting out today, I doubt that comptuers
would have sufficient appeal as a career choice. Investment banking--
now there's the ticket... Probably involves the same thought
process that goes into modern software development.
--Chuck