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Re: Apple's -fast option for gcc

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:23:26PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> 
> It seems as if you wouldn't really want a slow compile. Its just the
> side effect of good code.

Exactly.  The user is not /asking/ for a slow compile.  The user is /getting/
a slow compile.  The table was intended, I think, to tell the user what
he's getting, not what he's asking for.

-- 
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
    - Brian W. Kernighan
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