Re: Does ObjectAda optimize at all??

[dennison@telepath.com]

In article <1998Aug14.222830.1@eisner>,
  Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> In article <6r2a41$prp$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dennison@telepath.com writes:
>
> > However, if ObjectAda doesn't do variable optimization, loop unrolling,
> > subprogram inlining, etc., then these folks are right to do this, even
though
> > they drasticly worsen the maintainability of the code. That is why I think
it
> > is a disservice to your customers to not provide optimizations, even if they
> > never specificly ask for them.
>
> That argument is somewhat weakened in the case at hand, where the
> ObjectAda customer base _has_ been asking for many other things,
> faster than Aonix can deliver.  To make a judgement that what the
> customers have been asking for is "less important" than any other
> particular addition gets very subjective.

True. I'm talking ideal la-la-land, rather than the real world. There are lots
of things that "ought" to be in a compiler. You have a finite amount of effort
to put into it, and thus even important things must be prioritized. I
understand that.

But the message I was getting was that optimizations are unimportant because
no- one has specifically asked for them. That is *not* true.

Unfortunatly, I now seem to be sharing an argument with the GC folks. Most
unfortunate. Perhaps I'd best bow out while I'm behind. :-)

T.E.D.

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