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Re: Of Bounties and Mercenaries
Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
> But then, a compiler is a tool that is used by developers and
> application builders; users are second-order customers. Sure
> enough, we want to generate code that runs as fast as possible, for
> the benefit of the users, as long as this doesn't make the compiler
> too slow for developers and builders to want to use it, otherwise
> all the effort put into generating fast code will be wasted since
> the compiler won't have any direct users.
For those who are unfamiliar with it, Proebsting's Law is an
interesting idea to ponder -- "compiler advances double computing
power every 18 years":
http://research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/papers/law.htm
Ben