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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: "Subtract C, add Ada"
Date: 22 Jan 1995 16:12:39 -0500
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"compilers couldn't optimize code"

what is meant here is "C compilers didn't optimize code", and this was partly
a matter of philosophy, the idea that C compilers should be simple and do
what you say, and NOT rely on optimization.

Optimization technology was well developed even in the late 60's. Fortran-2
for the 7094 did a remarkably good job of optimizing loops. Fortran-H
was contemporary with early C compilers, and was very aggressive in optimizing
typical Fortran code.