Re: Code quality

shebs@apple.com (Stan Shebs)
Wed, 13 Jan 1993 19:34:16 GMT

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From: shebs@apple.com (Stan Shebs)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc.
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 19:34:16 GMT
References: 93-01-017 93-01-076
Keywords: performance

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


John Polstra wrote:
> On the other hand, they couldn't care less about speed of compilation.


An apropos quote heard from a system software person recently, talking
about the Mac system software:


"I need the code to be as fast and small as possible, I don't care if it
takes the Cray a month to produce it"


<BTW, snide remarks about Mac performance will be heartily agreed with!>


Stan Shebs
Apple ATG System Software
shebs@apple.com
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