Re: Folk Theorem: Assemblers are superior to Compilers

amn@ubik.demon.co.uk (Anthony Naggs)
Wed, 27 Oct 1993 19:05:44 GMT

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From: amn@ubik.demon.co.uk (Anthony Naggs)
Keywords: assembler, optimize, performance
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 93-10-114
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 19:05:44 GMT

Chris, <vick@tools.micro.ti.com>, writes:
> Clearly these optimizations can be performed in assembly language ...


Hand optimising is fine, *but* small changes/bug fixes can utterly destroy
register allocation, the assumptions for your instruction scheduling,
etc... Compilers may not give optimal code, but they consistently apply
optimisation techniques no matter how often you revise your code.


Regards,
        Anthony


PS I'll summarise/comment on responses to my 'desired lang features'
        next week, I've been a little busy.
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