14 Oct
2011
14 Oct
'11
10:56 a.m.
On 14 Oct 2011 at 13:34, Dave McGuire wrote:
I'm quite certain that the last few people who
know anything about
code optimization (and I don't mean "putting -O in cc's argument list)
will die in our generation, and the current disturbing trend of
horrible grinding, lumbering, bloated slowness will continue to
worsen.
The last time I had the nerve to comment about poor code optimization
on a C compiler, the response was an almost sneering "who cares about
code optimization any more?".
How sad. In a past life, I spent many many hours on improving code
generation of FORTRAN compilers and hand-optimizing assembly code.
While embedded may be the last refuge for assembly code writers, it
won't be for much longer.
--Chuck