Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2004/02/16/15:54:15
--part1_148.2235d751.2d6287e3_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
In a message dated 2/16/2004 2:33:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com writes:
> If you want assembler, just compile the above fragment with the -S,
> -O2, and -fomit-frame-pointer options and you will get assembler output,
> which, for this particular function, is as good as can be done by hand.
>
This prompts me to ask, "What's the point of going to assembler when the C
code is just as good?"
KB Williams
--part1_148.2235d751.2d6287e3_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=
=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Georgia" LANG=3D"0">In a message dated 2/16/2004 2:33:43=20=
PM Eastern Standard Time, rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com writes:<BR>
<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000"=
BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 F=
AMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">If you want assembler, just co=
mpile the above fragment with the -S, <BR>
-O2, and -fomit-frame-pointer options and you will get assembler output, <BR=
>
which, for this particular function, is as good as can be done by hand.<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Georgia" LANG=3D"0"><=
BR>
This prompts me to ask, "What's the point of going to assembler when the C c=
ode is just as good?"<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
KB Williams</FONT></HTML>
--part1_148.2235d751.2d6287e3_boundary--
- Raw text -