[Thanks for all the feedback on this from everyone.]
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:20:11PM +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote:
>
> The compiler isn't the place to look for performance gains. Look to
> your system architecture, Perl code. See if you can code the things
> that get executed the most in C. Use handlers, not Registry. Cache.
> Use RAID. Throw away your database. Well maybe not throw it away,
> but be careful how you use it. (I can't believe I'm saying this to
> you:). Remember the Pareto Principle.
Believe me when I say that we've gone along way down those roads
before wanting to squeeze a little more from the compiler.
Tim.
