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Subject: Re: Recommended version of Visual C++?

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 20:25:44 02/01/00

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*Always* search for the bug in your code first. In the 95% of cases it's there.
not in the optimizer.

Eugene

On February 01, 2000 at 22:10:19, KarinsDad wrote:

>On February 01, 2000 at 16:22:44, Jon Dart wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>
>>I have had a significant amount of trouble with the VC++
>>optimizer. Even with all the service packs installed, I have
>>still seen cases where it generates bad code. It's not that
>>you can't use it, but you may have to reduce the optimization
>>level for parts of your code (with consequent loss in
>>performance). You also get the fun of figuring out if your code
>>is wrong or if the compiler is screwing it up :-). But you may
>>or may not encounter this problem.
>
>One way to "attempt to" detect this problem is to use multiple compilers. There
>should be enough "stability" in your program that an optimized compiler does not
>make much difference when investigating problems over a non-optimized one. If
>the optimized one has problems when the non-optimized one (or the same compiler
>optimized versus non-optimized) does not, suspect the optimization before
>suspecting bugs in your code.
>
>KarinsDad :)



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