Message-Id:	<3.0.16.19971107101636.357fbc84@hem1.passagen.se>
Date:	Fri, 07 Nov 1997 10:16:45 -0500
To:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
From:	Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject:	Re: Code optimisations
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Mime-Version:	1.0

>> Here are some tips on code optimizing that I saw somewhere:
>> * First, profile your code and find what needs improving; it's often not
>> what you think.
>> * A good algorithm is likely to make the most difference in speed.
>> * Tricks in rearranging syntax to get the compiler to make better code
>> rarely help.
>
>I agree with Nate for 1 and 2. Not for 3 if you'll use GCC because for 
>somethings is really stupid and needs some help (I don't know about a better 
>compiler).

Could you give some examples of situations when GCC really needs help to
provide optimized code!


-- Peter Palotas alias Blizzar -- blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se --

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