On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:21:39 -0400, "inhahe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They say that the C++ optimizer can usually optimize > better than a person coding in assembler by hand can, > but I just can't believe that, at least for me, > because when I code in assembler,
if one hand compiles C++ into assembler, the result will doubtless be crap compared to what the compiler will generate. If, however, one expresses one's algorithm in assembler, rather than in C++, the result may well be dramatically more efficient than expressing one's algorithm in C++ and the compiler translating it into assembler. A factor of ten is quite common. -- ---------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/ James A. Donald -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
