Re: Zero Optimization and Sign Optimization???

James Kuyper wrote:
CBFalconer wrote:
"christian.bau" wrote:
...
My dear CBFalconer, please explain to me what the compiler has
to do with this. I am talking about source code; I am not even
mentioning a programming language or that a compiler would be
used.

Because if the compiler is inaccurate there is no guarantee that
the optimization step is accurate. Nobody in their right mind
optimizes by diddling source code.

How do you justify that assertion? Are you seriously suggesting
that profiling a program to identify it's choke points, and
looking for ways to speed up those parts of the program, is
seldom if ever cost-effective?

Alright, I was sloppy. I was thinking of the sort of optimization
a compiler does, not algorithm improvement or replacement.

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