From:	cwalsh AT nf DOT sympatico DOT ca (Colin Walsh)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	An interesting idea on how to make DJGPP have the fastest optimized code :)
Date:	21 Sep 97 18:00:01 GMT
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Ive been watching the "which compiler is better" thread for a while now and
have seen many articles mentioning optimization being a critical part
of the compilers performance. Now, what if, someone here came up with a
kind of "AI" (used loosely) optimizer for DJGPP? It could run after the
normal optimizer and go through the code with the knowledge of an AT&T asm
programmer and find things that the normal optimizer missed.

Now, Im not that good with assembly myself, nor artificial intelligence, but...
if some of us took enough interest in it we could have DJGPP/gcc making
some of the best code out there and we can <french guy from Monty Python and
the Holy Grail> fart in thier (the MSVC supporters) general direction! 
</french guy> :)

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Lack of sleep induced message brought to you by,
Colin Walsh

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