From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: optimising
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 22:17:16 -0700
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DrkWatr wrote:

> I was wondering if there is a program that will
> optimisize your c source, and still let you view it as c source? Thus
> allowing me to learn better programming habits.

I know of no such beast.  Optimization is generally done at the compiler
level, not the source level.

Furthermore, such a beast would probably not be all _that_ much use.
Optimization at the source level is highly dependent on the compiler and
platform (for instance, the sizes of the fundamental types) that you're
using.  Optimization is better left to the compiler, which 1. is
generating the code in the first place, and 2. has a far better idea of
the environment than any generalized program can.

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