X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-workers-bounces using -f From: Kbwms AT aol DOT com Message-ID: <148.2235d751.2d6287e3@aol.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:53:55 EST Subject: Re: C99 Functions Under Development and Checkout To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_148.2235d751.2d6287e3_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6021 Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com --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 In a message dated 2/16/2004 2:33:43=20= PM Eastern Standard Time, rudd AT cyberoptics DOT com writes:

If you want assembler, just co= mpile 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.

<= BR> This prompts me to ask, "What's the point of going to assembler when the C c= ode is just as good?"


KB Williams
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