On 6 Apr 2000, at 11:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some c compilers will evaluate anything they can get their algorithms
> on, at compile time. Some even interpret do loops, etc. if the
It's even worse than that. Not only do the compilers optimize very
aggressively, but there is code reordering that is performed on the
instruction stream. The code reordering reorders instructions based on
the processor model. Then there is link-time optimizations. By the time
the executable pops out it hardly resembles what the origial programmer
wrote. Even some assemblers do a bit of optimizing.
--
Jerry Feldman
Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering
508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/
Compaq Computer Corp.
200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1
Marlboro, Ma. 01752
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