Nick B wrote:
Don wrote:
dsimcha wrote:
Does anyone know of a decent guide that has information on what types of
optimizations compilers typically perform and what they aren't
capable of
performing automatically?
As always -- Agner Fog. www.agner.org. Chapter 1 of his optimisation
manual lists the optimisations performed for Microsoft, Borland,
Intel, GCC, DMC, Watcom, and Codeplay C++ compilers. DMD is basically
the same as DMC, except that it's better at constant propagation.
Don
Thanks for the great link. The "Optimizing software in C++" is a
interesting read. It even mentions "D".
>
> Nick B.
I didn't know that. I've been trying to get Agner interested in D for a
while now. Not a bad quote:
"Another alternative worth considering is the D language. D has many of
the features of Java and C# and avoids many of the drawbacks of C++.
Yet, D is compiled to binary code and can be linked together with C or
C++ code. Compilers and IDE’s for D are not yet as well developed as C++
compilers."
Don.
