Re: optimizing compiler against average assembly programmer.

>>>>>
And I agree with you about PC C compilers. The quality of Microsoft
compilers' code has clearly declined over the past 4-5 years, and I
suspect it has been a result of pressure to add features to the tools
at the expense of maintaining (or improving) the code generator
quality. And lest I be criticized for Microsoft bashing, I have to
add that Borland and Watcom have lost even more ground.
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I'm not sure I follow this. Are you saying that MSVC produces *worse*
code than 4-5 years ago, or are you saying that other compilers have
gotten better and MSVC has stood still? Although adding C++ (to
simple C) obviously makes the optimization process more difficult,
it's hard to believe that MSVC has actually gotten worse.


I ahven't looked in the past year or so, but about two years ago
MSVC was generally better than GCC.
Randy Hyde
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