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Re: Apple's -fast option for gcc
- From: Martin Brain <mjb at cs dot bath dot ac dot uk>
- To: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 17 Sep 2003 20:31:41 +0100
- Subject: Re: Apple's -fast option for gcc
- References: <5F6CA340-E93B-11D7-8F0D-003065A77310@apple.com>
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 19:18, Mike Stump wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 11:11 AM, Martin Brain wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 19:08, Mike Stump wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 10:56 AM, Martin Brain wrote:
> >>> As I understand it the number of levels refers to the scope the
> >>> optimisations work in.
> >> You're the first person I've met that's said that... Either, you know
> >> the people that first used -O2 and knew what they were thinking...
> >> or...
> > ...a combination of mis-information, stupidity and wishful thinking.
> > Ooops.
>
> :-) Ok.
>
> It isn't necessarily a bad way to think about it... And in some
> respect is kinda true... I was more curious if you knew the person (or
> were the person) that invented -O2!
No, I'm comparitively quite new to GCC.
Cheers,
- Martin
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