From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,39f3c359196fe8b4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-20 21:57:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!usenet From: "John R. Strohm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: for x'address or variant Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:25:31 -0500 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Message-ID: <52C30E21B2695ADA.9A5568A9039EC23D.34356CD468622AAC@lp.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: References: Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library2.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Sun Apr 20 23:56:28 2003 NNTP-Posting-Host: !e**S1k-XT^.D;< (Encoded at Airnews!) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36328 Date: 2003-04-20T21:25:31-05:00 List-Id: "kat-Zygfryd" <6667@wp.pl> wrote in message news:b7v2qr$bto$1@news.onet.pl... > "Robert A Duff" wrote in message > news:wccadel9cw7.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com... > > Seems like you ought to prove (by measuring, and reading the assembly > > code) that this is a real problem before you start playing low-level > > games like this for efficiency reasons. > > > > - Bob > > Perhaps you are right, I just wanted to make my > most commonly used algorithms 100% as efficient > as I can. I don't really know what does the compiler > optimize and what does it not. Dude, the rule is FIRST you make your code CORRECT, absolutely positively CORRECT, and *THEN* you worry about making it fast.