COBOL compiler code generation wasRe: Branch (was: Performance question - adding)

2014-02-18 Thread Clark Morris
On 17 Feb 2014 10:13:44 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht < >elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > >> Ted MacNEIL wrote: >> >> >I have to ask: Why they big concern over a few instructions? >> >> Good question. This is why I asked t

Re: COBOL compiler code generation wasRe: Branch (was: Performance question - adding)

2014-02-18 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/18/2014 8:16 AM, Clark Morris wrote: If the code generated by the COBOL compiler at your installation stinks, review the compile options. IIRC, the COBOL V5 compiler "leap frogs" over C/C++ and PL/I to now use the same, ultra-smart, optimizing compiler back-end used by Java. It should be