Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 14:06:39 01/02/03
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On January 02, 2003 at 14:53:17, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>So Duff's Device isn't used in Ferret?! :) > >Actually, it is almost certain that Duff's device is used in Ferret. A compiler >that allows loop unrolling is (in effect) using Duff's device. > Mmm. I would disagree with that logic. Just because to pieces of code result in the same assembler output by some compiler, doesn't mean that those two pieces of code are equivalent, specifically, they are not of equal quality, in my world. >By the way, I am 100% on the same page as you and Bruce when it comes to >"writing C code for clarity". > >Typically, 90% of the time is spent in 10% of the code. So we profile to >discover where a need exists and then work on only that hot spot. >[snip] I agree. But maybe that's because you agree with me :) /David
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