Re: Code quality

grover@brahmand.Eng.Sun.COM (Vinod Grover)
Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:16:16 GMT

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From: grover@brahmand.Eng.Sun.COM (Vinod Grover)
Organization: Sun
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:16:16 GMT
Keywords: optimize, performance
References: 93-01-017

drw@zermelo.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) writes:
>How important is generated code quality these days? ...
>Is there much of a market for another 10% in speed of generated code?


Code quality isnt always speed. In embedded systems, code size is equally
and sometimes even more important. In these systems requirements are often
formulated in terms of the fraction of memory an application is allowed to
use. 10% can make a big difference.


Vinod Grover
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