1 Dec
2010
1 Dec
'10
5:59 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:47 PM
Subject: RE: what was VMS/OpenVMS written in?
Well, there's no question in my mind that
an excellent programmer can out-optimize a mediocre compiler, and
an excellent compiler can out-optimize a mediocre programmer.
Depending on their personal strengths would determine how well given
programmers would do relative to the compilers that they wrote.
Coding "optimizing" to me means getting the job done with well commented
code in a manner that the average programmer can figure out, maintain, and
add to as needed. Sure some people can even do better then a good compiler
but will most people understand what is going on with those special tricks
and why they were used, plus can people add to the code without screwing
something up or it crashing if the hardware is changed?